Question

Imagine the scene that the poet describes. What sense does the passage from "My Father's Song" appeal to the MOST?

Very gently, he scooped tiny pink animals
into the palm of his hand
and told me to touch them.
We took them to the edge
of the field and put them in the shade
of a sand moist clod.

I remember the very softness
of cool and warm sand and tiny alive mice
and my father saying things.




sight


sound


smell


touch

Answer 1

The answer is: touch.

The poem "My Father's Song" uses verbs and descriptions that appeal to the sense of touch, suggesting the idea of getting close to an object and coming into contact with it. For example:

• scooped
• into the palm of his hand
• touch
• took them
• put them
• sand moist clod
• softness
• cool and warm sand