English, 04.10.2019 21:00 zalyndevola

Read the excerpt from midsummer by derek walcott.

their thick skulls bled with rancor
when the riot police and the skinheads exchanged quips
you could trace to the sonnets, or the moor’s eclipse.

what can be concluded about the speaker’s perspective by the allusions to sonnets and the moor’s eclipse?

the speaker thinks that most people in the riot have read shakespeare.
the speaker thinks that the riot police and skinheads have a common history.
the speaker believes that the riot police are witty and intelligent.
the speaker believes that the skinheads are solely responsible for the riots.

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