Which sentence best describes one effect of the poets use of figurative language in this excerpt?

D. It depicts the Vietnam War as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.

Explanation:

According to the lines from the poem Facing It by Yusef Komunyaka, the author talks about trauma and how when he turns one way the "stone let's him go" and if he turns the other way, he's back in Vietnam. This suggests that the poet is talking about a war veteran from the Vietnam war.

The sentence that best describes one effect of the poet's use of figurative language in the excerpt is option D which depicts the Vietnam War as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.

major league baseball

explanation:

jack roosevelt robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.as he was the first african american to play in the major leagues, jackie robinson became the target of racial abuse. jackie robinson is referring to the historic event, harlem riot.

particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept th

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