English

Trent Porter

21 November, 05:40

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"The child is not dead

The child lifts his fists against his mother

Who shouts Afrika! shouts the breath

Of freedom and the veld

In the locations of the cordoned heart "

In this excerpt from Ingrid Jonker's poem "The child is not dead," what does the phrase "cordoned heart" most likely refer to?

A. the effects of segregation on South Africans

B. the indomitable spirit of the South African people

C. the diversity of cultures that exists in South Africa

D. the mistrust black South Africans feel for the government