THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D).ALL THE RESPONSES TO THIS QUESTIONINCLUD...
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The correct answer is (D).
All the responses to this question
include elements from the poem, so you must truly understand
Go back to the work. Don’t
the poem and read the choices carefully. The question asks you
rely on what you think it
says. A minute saved in not
to find the two things that the poet sees as alike. Choices (A),
rereading the poem could
(B), and (C) are items—opposites—that would be contrasted
cost you a quarter point.
rather than compared. The poet sees the relationship of the
elements in choice (E) more as cause and effect than as similar.
Throughout the poem, the similarity of the Fall from grace and
the speaker’s desire for redemption, choice (D), are presented
both in words and through the shape.