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Read the poem.

Incident
by Countee Cullen

Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me.

Now I was eight and very small,
And he was no whit bigger,
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, “(n-word).”

I saw the whole of Baltimore
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember.





Which statement best explains how hyperbole affects meaning in “Incident”?


It stresses the innocence of youth.


It creates suspense.


It highlights the impact of a single moment on the poet’s life.


It develops the idea that Baltimore is a joyful place.