After reading the poem, answer each question in one-two complete sentences. 1. Who is the speaker in this poem?
2. What is the speaker's tone?
3. What mood does the poet evoke?
4. Identify one poetic device: how does Teasdale's use of this device convey meaning

it is geoffrey chaucer

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

one is a red flower, and one is the sky when the sun sets.

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !