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1. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

Louise Glück.

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

I tell you.

3. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

Flowers.

4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

I hate them.

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

Sex.

6. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

It seals the speakers mouth.

7. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

The man's body.

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