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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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.

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spreadershop spreadershop · Answer 2 · 2019-06-19T06:19:05+02:00

Answer:

Isolated.

Explanation:

The term cordon as a verb is defined as to form a protective or restrictive perimeter around something.

In the context of the excerpt, a reference to the heart of a struggling mother and her child is being made, suggesting it is being taken away from the reach of others in order to make space for her child alone. The word isolated seems to fit as a synonym for cordoned, as it just as well means to set apart a particular thing from others.