THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A). CHOICE (B), ELEGY, IS RULED OUTBECAUSE...

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The correct answer is (A). Choice (B), elegy, is ruled out

because the poem is not about death or mortality. Choice (C),

ode, is eliminated also because this is not a long poem in praise

of someone or something. Sonnet, choice (D), is easily ruled out

from your knowledge of poetic genres; just count the lines—

thirteen. Choice (E) can be eliminated also because the writer is

not telling a story. This poem is clearly a lyric, choice (A), a

short, personal kind of poem expressing the feelings of one

speaker.

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