Question

In "Who Understands Me but Me," the speaker describes conditions in a maximum security prison. What do the details in the poem suggest is the main aim of such prisons?

a) to destroy inmates' hope and individualism
b) to develop inmates' compassion for others
c) to prevent inmates from learning new things
d) to teach inmates coping skills ​

Answer 1

A) To destroy inmates' hope and individualism

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem has a very hopeless and defeated theme in the beginning, and it is clear that the goal of this jail is to make inmates miserable as punishment. The narrator is forced to find the beauty in this situation by himself, hence the title "Who Understands Me but Me"