Question

Cynthia in the Snow”
by Gwendolyn Brooks
1 It SUSHES.
2 It hushes
3 The loudness in the road.
4 It flitter-twitters,
5 And laughs away from me.
6 It laughs a lovely whiteness,
7 And whitely whirs away,
8 To be
9 Some otherwhere,
10 Still white as milk or shirts.
11 So beautiful it hurts.

What does the figurative language in line 10 mean? (1 point)
Before they are worn, clean white shirts are as white as milk.
Clean white shirts and milk are both white.
Newly fallen snow is as so  and fresh as a clean shirt and milk.
Newly fallen snow is just as white as a clean white shirt and milk.***

Answer 1

Answer:

Newly fallen snow is just as white as a clean white shirt and milk

Explanation:

"Cynthia in the Snow" is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks, a highly-noted individual when it comes to American poetry. "Cynthia in the Snow" is one of her poems. The poem talks about winter season and its beauty.

Line 10 shows a comparison between the fallen white snow to that of a clean white shirt and milk. Although it has already fallen, it is still white.

So, this explains the answer.