Our Sky Which statement BEST describes the theme
of this poem?
Palest colors tint the wakening sky,
While black seeps away with its starry night
Like an ocean tide slipping off the beach
As pink and lavender spread the dawn's light.
Gazing at the sky is a relaxing way to spend
the day.
The sun arises like an eager child
Tossing off covers from this newest day,
Making the sky brighten with hints of blue
That bloom the azure of a sun-sparked bay.
There are many variations in the sky
throughout the day.
Wisps of clouds like heavenly feathers drift
Lazily across a blue painted sky,
And as hard as they try, no bird can perch
Upon thready clouds, all floating on high.
Storm clouds in the sky can spoil a fun day.
Birds enjoy soaring through clouds in the sky.
Then one by one puffy clouds dot the sky
Joining and forming dreamy myth-bred shapes
Of lions that paw the earth down below
And dragons that hide beneath their cloudy capes.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.