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Read the excerpt below from the poem “I Knew a Woman” by Theodore Roethke and answer the question that follows. I knew a woman, lovely in her bones, When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them; Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one: The shapes a bright container can contain! Of her choice virtues only gods should speak, Or English poets who grew up on Greek (I’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek). Source: Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011. Which excerpt best illustrates a contemplative mood? “I’d have them sing in chorus,” “Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:” “The shapes a bright container can contain!” “lovely in her bones,”

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Which excerpt best illustrates a contemplative mood?

"Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one

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Answer:  Which excerpt best illustrates a contemplative mood?

"Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one

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