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1. What is the focus of the third stanza (lines 10–14)?
singing
what was sung while out in the fields
what was sung during domestic tasks
children


2.From the context, what does ngemi in line 39 mean?
a trilled song or sound
a warriors' song
a funeral song
a wedding song


3.Why does the speaker of the poem tell her daughter to sing?
The speaker thinks that singing will make her daughter more intelligent.
The speaker does not want her daughter to forget the songs of the past as she has.
The speaker thinks that it is important to have songs commemorating child birth.
The speaker is an overbearing mother.

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