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Read Alice Walker's "Women" and answer the question.

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
B00by-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 dramatic situation of this poem?

the mother looking to the future
the father reflecting about his wife's generation
the speaker reflecting on her grand-daughter's life
the speaker reflecting on her mother's generation

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b would be the answer i hope it helps

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User Rhesa
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The correct answer is D. The speaker reflecting on her mother's generation

Step-by-step explanation:

The term dramatic situation refers to the situation or context in which narrator, author or characters are involved as part of literary works including poems. Also, a dramatic situation usually implies a conflict or tense situation. In the case of "Women" by the American writer Allice Walker, the author describes some of the features of the women that belong to "My mama's generation" including their strength "They battered downdoors" and their abilities to lead "They led Armies head ragged generals across minedfields". In this case, and considering the author or narrator mentions the phrase "They were women then. My mama's generation" it can be concluded the situation or context of this poem is the author or speaker reflecting on her mother's generation and on the qualities the women of the generation had including her own mother.

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