The following text is adapted from Christina Rossetti’s 1881 poem “Monna Innominata 2.”
I wish I could remember that first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me,
If bright or dim the season, it might be
Summer or Winter for [all] I can say;
So unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was I to see and to foresee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom yet for many a May.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) As the anniversary of the beginning of an important relationship approaches, the speaker feels conflicted about how best to commemorate it.
A
As the anniversary of the beginning of an important relationship approaches, the speaker feels conflicted about how best to commemorate it.
(Choice B) After years of neglecting a once valuable relationship, the speaker worries it may be too late for her to salvage the relationship.
B
After years of neglecting a once valuable relationship, the speaker worries it may be too late for her to salvage the relationship.
(Choice C) The speaker celebrates how the passage of time has strengthened a relationship that once seemed unimportant.
C
The speaker celebrates how the passage of time has strengthened a relationship that once seemed unimportant.
(Choice D) Because the speaker did not anticipate how important a relationship would become, she cannot recall how the relationship began, which she regrets.
D
Because the speaker did not anticipate how important a relationship would become, she cannot recall how the relationship began, which she regrets.