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.