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beware:do not read this poem by Ishmael Reed AC

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tonite, thriller was about an old woman, so vain she surrounded herself with many mirrors it got so bad that finally she locked herself indoors & her whole life became the mirrors one day the villagers broke into her house, but she was too swift for them. she disappeared into a mirror each tenant who bought the house after that, lost a loved one to the old woman in the mirror: first a little girl then a young woman then the young woman's husband the hunger of this poem is legendary it has taken in many victims back off from this poem it has drawn in your feet back off from this poem it has drawn in your legs back off from this poem it is a greedy mirror you are into this poem. from the waist down nobody can hear you can they? this poem has had you up to here belch this poem aint got no manners you cant call out from this poem relax now & go with this poem move & roll on to this poem do not resist this poem this poem has your eyes this poem has his head this poem has his arms this poem has his fingers this poem has his fingertips this poem is the reader & the reader the poem statistic: the US bureau of missing persons re- ports that in 1968 over 100,000 people disappeared leaving no solid clues nor trace only a space in the lives of their friends
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What does the author, Ishmael Reed, refer to in the opening stanza of the poem?

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What happens when the villagers break into the old woman’s house?

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What happens to the tenants who, over the years, buy the house?

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What does the speaker say is “legendary”?

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To what does the speaker compare the poem?

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What does the speaker say happens to the readers of this poem?

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What warning does the speaker give to the readers of this poem?

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What are the characteristics of Ishmael Reed’s writing style?

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Which of the following literary elements is not used in this poem?

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What is the best description of the tone of this poem?