Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. What is the best paraphrase of these lines? The speaker writes poetry that no one will ever read. The speaker writes poetry to attack commercialism and violence. The speaker writes poetry to make political statements to print in newspapers. The speaker writes poetry for people she will never see and for future generations.

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Darren West

20 January, 10:42

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. What is the best paraphrase of these lines? The speaker writes poetry that no one will ever read. The speaker writes poetry to attack commercialism and violence. The speaker writes poetry to make political statements to print in newspapers. The speaker writes poetry for people she will never see and for future generations.

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Madisyn Alvarez · Answer 1

The speaker writes poetry for people she will never see and for future generations.

Since the speaker says that she makes the poems for others, we know that she is writing for a specific audience. This eliminates option 1. It is not clear from this excerpt that she is making political statements or attacking commercialism. The words "unseen and unborn" are the key to answering this question. People who are unborn are ones who will be born in the future.