Question

what central idea is conveyed through the lines \my brothers sons are gathering stalk and root\ in \a black man talks of reaping\?

○ farming ensures fairness and equality

○. future generations will prosper from current labor

○ others benefit from the speakers labor while he is left with nothing

○ family unity brings prosperity

question 14
1 pts
how does paul laurence dunbars use of repetition in \sympathy\ (\i know what the caged bird feels\) develop the speakers voice?

○ it creates confusion about the speakers identity

○ it mimics a religious chant

○ it emphasizes the depth of the speakers personal knowledge of suffering

○ it serves as comic relief

Explanation:

For the first question: In "A Black Man Talks of Reaping", the speaker describes planting broadly but only reaping small, meager results. The line about his brother's sons gathering stalk and root shows that others gain from the labor he put in, while he gets almost nothing.
For Question 14: In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy", the repetition of "I know what the caged bird feels" reinforces that the speaker deeply understands and shares the pain of the oppressed (represented by the caged bird), highlighting their personal experience of suffering.

Answer:

First question: Others benefit from the speaker's labor while he is left with nothing
Question 14: It emphasizes the depth of the speaker's personal knowledge of suffering