And outside
Beyond the half-shut door the blind leaves
And the corn moving. And at noon would come
Up from the garden, his hard crooked hands
Gentle with earth, his knees still earth-stained, smelling Of sun, of summer, the old gardener, like
A priest, like an interpreter, and bend
Over his baskets.
And they would not speak:
They would say nothing. And the child would sit there
Happy as though he had no name, as though
He had been no one: like a leaf, a stem,
In at least three sentences, explain how imagery & use of the five senses in "Eleven" help you to understand the significance of the last three lines.
HINT: Try to make sense of the last three lines? What does the child classify himself as? Then, try to work backwards and connect the various uses of imagery in the previous lines. How does imagery enhance these lines?
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