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6 January, 09:24

Read the poem below and answer the question.

Women

by Alice Walker

They were women then

My mama's generation

Husky of voice-stout of

Step

With fists as well as

Hands

How they battered down

Doors

And ironed

Starched white

Shirts

How they led

Armies

Headragged generals

Across mined

Fields

Boby-trapped

Ditches

To discover books

Desks

A place for us

How they knew what we

Must know

Without knowing a page

Of it

Themselves.

What is the most likely purpose for the poem?

to show how modern women are better

to use warfare to describe human behavior

to show how women's lives are similar across generations

to refer to sacrifice for future generations

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  1. 6 January, 12:21
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    C

    Explanation:

    I believe that it is C
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