Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott. Praise had bled my lines white of any more anger, and snow had inducted me into white fellowships, Which factor most influences the speaker’s perspective?

The speaker describes praise and snow as making his writing “white” and admitting him into “white fellowships.” These images suggest that his perspective is shaped by racial identity and the pressures of belonging in white literary circles. The best answer is race.

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