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 \nFor I haven't seen your smile in awhile.  \nTears seem to flow down yourcheek,  \nLike a river or a stream;  \nDid I cause you to become meek?  \nOh,my dear,please stop your  \nScream.  \nI am unaware of where we or I wentwrong,  \nI know you have a heart ache,  \nFor does your heart no longer havea song?  \nDid I cause your heart to break.  \nIf I am not mistaken,I should becrying;  \nAll the time I spent with you,didn'tyou do all the lying.  \n# Apples are redder than herlips…    …\n\nApples are redder than her lips,The sun be brighter than her eyes,Dry is her mouth that sips  \nThe drink of life;but she nevercries.  \nBeautiful is a sunrise compared tothee,  \nEloquent is a sunset which she cannot provide,  \nRather I a fragrance to smell by me;Or a goddess at my side.  \nMy eyes rather emeralds and rubies,She has these not,  \n.Nor does she have delicacies,  \nThat hit the spot.  \nShe needs nothing for she is mywife,  \nThe most important person in mylife.  \nDusk does now creep over her softshoulder.……  \nDusk does now creep over her softshoulder  \nRadiant beams streak gently throughstrands of hair  \nSoft was the light breeze whichmade her slightly colder  \nThough she did not know I wasthere  \nWatching the tide wash its way toher feet  \nShe seemed to be full of life butdistant  \nWanting to be the last ray of lighther skin would meet  \nI knew not of her entire life ofdisturbing hint after hint  \nThe tide was here and prepared aswell was I  \nShe began to make her way to thesea  \nFor I had once viewed her soulthrough her eye  \nBut never again would this occurnor was she to be with me  \nFraction to late did I let her knowhow loved she was  \nFor never can she know I loved herjust because  \nHow you make me laugh.  \nHow you make me laughHow you make me smile  \nAs I casually examine your assI like your style  \nThough we joke and tease  \nThe day will come and be in sightWhen it is time to please  \nHow ready will you be for the nightYour skin so fair  \nYour body so lovely and bareI am compelled to stareFor it is with you I do dare  \nYou can try to dress;but undressmy eyes will do for it is your bodythey seek  \nI will eliminate layer by layer whileyou are unable to speak  \nStay ","cbCail2yomldiVTK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail2yomldiVTK","pdf",2529586,96,"English","# Inspired by womenand God - A cross to bear\n## Katrina and aftermath\n## Personal reflection and flashbacks\n## Admiration, love, and desire","[{\"question\":\"What central metaphor repeats throughout the poem?\",\"answer\":\"The poem repeatedly uses the metaphor “a cross to bear,” linking hardship to both collective disaster and personal burden.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text connect Katrina to its imagery?\",\"answer\":\"It describes devastation and enduring consequences, including references to the dead and the landscape changing, tying the disaster to a lasting emotional weight.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the emotional tone of the sections after the disaster imagery?\",\"answer\":\"The tone shifts toward personal memory and introspection, with questions about whether the speaker caused sadness, tears, or heartbreak, followed by admiration and devotion.\"}]","Inspired by womenand God - A cross to bear | PDF",1790645037,148]