THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (E). ALL FIVE CHOICES ARE TRUE ABOUTROMANTIC...
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The correct answer is (E).
All five choices are true about
Romantic poetry, but that does not make them accurate descrip-
tions of the tone of this particular poem. To complicate the
selection process, you are looking for the answer choice that
does
not
fit this poem. By working through the list of answers,
you can eliminate emotional, choice (A), because the poem does
have an emotional element; consider the last two stanzas. These
lines also support choice (B), spiritual. The poem is also both
contemplative, choice (C), and subjective, choice (D), in the
way the speaker relates the path of the waterfowl to his or her
own life’s path. Therefore, you can eliminate all responses
except choice (E). While fantastical is often an element of
Romantic poetry, it is not present in this poem.