1. It refers to lands that are far away and what occurred in
December is that “The cold winds prick and blow and the gaunt trees take on their canopy of snow” 0 2. The literary device that was used in the line “Poinsettia spilled her rich bright blood” is personification. 1 3. Poinsettia spilled a white substance, which refers to “her rich bright blood” 0 4. I think this poem is set in a Westernized country because it has winter season. 0 5. It was impossible for the persona to think “of cold winds and ice and snow” because he was far way from the snowy lands. 1 6. The persona describeS the coralita plant for someone who does not know what it looks like hanging low along the wayside trellises. 1 7. 0 8.[7.] The two metaphors are “the gaunt trees” and “wayside trellises.” 0 9.[8.] The theme of the poem is about Christmas 1
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