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1. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?

Stop the bleeding of a snakebite.

2. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

Enjambment.

3. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?

Both the speaker's existence and struggles result from the wars of colonial conquest.

4. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

A smoothed and polished stone.

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