JUNE BUGS AND MOSQUITOES Read the following excerpt (lines 1-3) from Passage 2.
"How come winds of childhood
Blow so fiercely, so insistently,
still spill out their tales of woe?"
What effect do the lines have on the reader as the poem develops?
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O The reader understands that the speaker had a happy childhood.
The reader feels that the poem will expose the speaker's contempt.
O The reader thinks the poem will reveal tales of the speaker's childhood.
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O The reader knows the speaker did not have positive childhood experiences.
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