Вариант 1 для 10–11 классов

I’m Just a Stranger Here,
Heaven Is My Home

The first sign was your hair,
unstraightened, shortened from worry,
and it had only been a year since the wedding,
but you had grown older, Mama.
(5) I felt your usual care
in the mustard greens, sweet potatoes and
chicken,
yet you smelled of whiskey and prayer.
I showed you the pictures,
(10) asked which you’d like remade
and watched you fidget, unable to see them.
Raising your arm, you spoke of your
rheumatism,
it seems like life left your arm first,
(15) like crumbs given to front-yard robins.
Age and need, those simple weeds,
were gathering around and taking you away..
 

Carole Clemmons

6. What best expresses the main idea of the poem?

7. The tone of the poem is

8. Lines 14–15 most probably mean that

9. The word “fidget” in line 11 most nearly means

10. What is the poet describing with the phrase “those simple weeds” (line 16)?