THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (C).BE CAREFUL HERE. IF YOU KNOW THEWORK OF...

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The correct answer is (C).

Be careful here. If you know the

work of Robert Browning, then you know that part of his genius

When faced with an infer-

ence question, be sure you

is the way in which he provokes imaginative participation and

can justify your answer

reader contribution. If you don’t recall that fact, then you must

based on the text of the

make an educated guess using the process of elimination to

selection.

determine what the poet is trying to inspire in the reader.

Choices (A) and (B) are too simplistic and a result of a surface

reading of the poem. Choice (D) is a lesson in poetry, not an

inspirational moment. Likewise choice (E) is a history lesson.

That leaves choice (C), the correct answer.