She spends her days
slicing jamón y queso and wrapping it in wax paper
tied with string: plain ham and cheese
that would cost less at the A&P, but it would not satisfy
the hunger of the fragile old man lost in the folds
of his winter coat, who brings her lists of items
that he reads to her like poetry, or the others,
whose needs she must divine, conjuring up products
from places that now exist only in their hearts—
closed ports she must trade with.
–“The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica,”
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Which phrases in this passage provide sensory imagery? Check all that are correct.
“that would cost less at the A&P”
“fragile old man lost in the folds / of his winter coat”
“that he reads to her like poetry”
“from places that now exist”
Based on sensory imagery, what is the tone of the passage?