Read the excerpt from “How I Learned English.”It was in an empty lotRinged by elms and fir and honeysuckle.Bill Corson was pitching in his buckskin jacket,Chuck Keller, fat even as a boy, was on first,His t-shirt riding up over his gut,Ron O’Neill, Jim, Dennis, were talking it upIn the field, a blue sky above themTipped with cirrus.How is this excerpt important to the poem as a whole?
Answer
A
It provides readers with information about the conflict in the poem.
B
It shows readers how the characters feel, think, and behave.
C
It shows readers how the speaker feels about the other boys.
D
It gives readers information about the setting, characters, and situation.