Why does the almanac plant tears in the flower beds of the child's picture in bishop's "sestina"? a. the child's drawing is not sad enough to reflect reality. b. the almanac wants the child to be sad like her grandmother. c. the child has forgotten to put any flowers in front of the house. d. the almanac is predicting that there will be more sadness to come.

A. The child's drawing is not sad enough to reflect reality.

Explanation:

Elizabeth Bishop's Sestina captures a scene of family vulnerability and focuses on the connection between the old grandma, the child and the inevitable dance of time. There is a hidden sentiment of pity. Something has happened that is portentous and secretive.  

It's September, it's down-pouring. A grandma and a child sit in the kitchen of their home as the light blurs. A sufficiently straightforward begin to this ballad yet as we advance, this comfortable household scene starts to adjust fit as a fiddle and tone. All isn't what it appears.  

This poem reflects occasions that did really happen in Elizabeth Bishop's life. Her dad died when she was as yet a child and her mom never recuperated from a mental meltdown when the artist was 16 years old. She needed to live with more established relatives knowing that she could never see her mom again.

i suggest it is anadiplosis

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.