In "To a Poor Old Woman," William Carlos Williams repeats the phrase "They taste good to her" four times. How does this use of repetition affect the poem? The repetition of the phrase suggests to readers that the speaker is also eating plums in the poem. The repetition of such a simple phrase stresses the simple pleasure that eating the plums gives the woman. The repetition of such a basic phrase indicates that the woman is only capable of the most basic level of understanding. The repetition of the phrase forces readers to consider the possibility that the plums actually don't taste good.

The repetition of such a simple phrase stresses the simple pleasure that eating the plums gives the woman.

Explanation:

"To a Poor Old Woman" is a poem written by William Carlos Williams. This was written to show social injustice in the society in the 1930s. Repeating the simple phrase "They taste good to her" means that the poor woman finds pleasure in eating the plums. Such intense feeling of the women shows that she is in poverty and just by eating the plums, she already feels happy and satisfied. She couldn't afford it that often thus, she only buys it sometimes and it can give her the pleasure she needs.

For some people, especially the wealthy ones, eating plums may seem ordinary. Thus, repeating the phrase becomes essential.

So, this explains the answer.

The repetition of such a simple phrase stresses the simple pleasure that eating the plums gives the woman.

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the answer is:

apprehensive.

for this case, we must find the number of deaths per day of the year 2015, in automobile accidents, knowing that 32,400 people died.

knowing that the year 2015 had 365 days we have the following division:

where "x" represents the number of deaths per day.

rounding off we have:

approximately, 89 people per day died in 2015

answer:

89 people per day