Discuss the way in which Naomi Shihab Nye treats loneliness in "The Rider." What does loneliness mean to the speaker in the poem? How does bicycling help her leave her loneliness behind? Cite passages from the poem to support your points. Use the reading selection to help you answer the question.

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anonymous · Answer

Doge, the question is asking about you citing passages that prove bicycling helps her leave loneliness. Can you give us an example? I never read this, so I can't give you a passage lol

anonymous · Answer

Just give me a passage you might think answers the question.

anonymous · Answer

Heres the poem, i think it'll help a bit. 

A boy told me 
if he roller-skated fast enough 
his loneliness couldn’t catch up to him, 

the best reason I ever heard 
for trying to be a champion. 

What I wonder tonight 
pedaling hard down King William Street 
is if it translates to bicycles. 

A victory! To leave your loneliness 
panting behind you on some street corner 
while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, 
pink petals that have never felt loneliness, 
no matter how slowly they fell. 

This is what i have so far: In "The Rider", Naomi Shihab Nye describes loneliness as a figure who chases her whilst she tried to get away from this figure. Going fast enough, she left this figure panting at the corner of the sidewalk, unable to run anymore.

anonymous · Answer

Okay. Nice poem. 
So you think the sentence about "panting behind you on some street corner" would work for this point?