How many people does the narrator come across through the poem?
Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:The face of an old woman on the groundWas marred with suffering but she made no sound.Silence was common to us all. I heardNo cries of anguish or a single word.How many people does the narrator come across through the poem? What does he note about them all?
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The narrator comes across one old woman through the poem. He notes that silence was common to them all, suggesting that the old woman was silent like the rest of the people even though she was suffering. He mentions that he did not hear any cries of anguish or a single word from anyone, showing that the general atmosphere was one of stillness and not of commotion.
