Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The child is not dead

the child lifts his fists against his mother

who shouts Afrika! shouts the breath

of freedom and the veld

in the locations of the cordoned heart.

Choose the best synonym for the word cordoned as it is used in this excerpt from Ingrid Jonker's "The child is not dead."

broken

isolated

strengthened

understood

"

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Jayda Holt

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10 June, 16:51

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The child is not dead

the child lifts his fists against his mother

who shouts Afrika! shouts the breath

of freedom and the veld

in the locations of the cordoned heart.

Choose the best synonym for the word cordoned as it is used in this excerpt from Ingrid Jonker's "The child is not dead."

broken

isolated

strengthened

understood

"

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Manuel Hutchinson · Answer 1

To cordone is to " prevent access to or from (an area or building) by surrounding it with police or other guards".

Isolated is the answer because it is the closest to the definition and makes sense in the exerpt's context.