Read the following passage from Anne Sexton's poem, "Young" and answer the question.

A thousand doors ago

when I was a lonely kid

in a big house with four

garages and it was summer

as long as I could remember,

I lay on the lawn at night,

clover wrinkling over me,

the wise stars bedding over me,

What can we infer about the speaker from this passage? Select all that apply.

that the speaker is an older person looking back

that the speaker is a younger person looking towards the future

that the speaker didn't have had many friends as a child

that the speaker came from a wealthy family

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Cisco

15 June, 14:36

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Callum Arnold · Answer 1

We can infer from the passage that that the speaker is an older person looking back.