WRITE an explanation of how the poet uses pivotal words and phrases to describe the qualities of a heart, what greater meaning the heart may represent that the reader is supposed to understand, and what desired response the author may want to evoke from their reader.

POEM:

It’s neither red


nor sweet.


It doesn’t melt


or turn over,


break or harden,


so it can’t feel


pain,


yearning,


regret.


It doesn’t have


a tip to spin on,


it isn’t even


shapely—


just a thick clutch


of muscle,


lopsided,


mute. Still,


I feel it inside


its cage sounding


a dull tattoo:


I want, I want—


but I can’t open it:


there’s no key.


I can’t wear it


on my sleeve,


or tell you from


the b