Information and IdeasEasyChoosing a quotation about a lighthouse poem
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"Harbor Light" is a poem by Mireille Okafor. In the poem, the speaker presents the lighthouse as a dependable, almost reassuring presence: ____
Which quotation from the work most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. "The beam swings out across the dark, patient as a promise kept."Correct
- B. "The gulls wheel white above the morning market stalls."
- C. "My grandmother's kitchen smelled of cardamom and rain."
- D. "The ferry's horn complains across the harbor fog."
Answer: A. "The beam swings out across the dark, patient as a promise kept."
The claim is that the poem presents the lighthouse as dependable; 'patient as a promise kept' states that reliability directly.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The gulls wheel white above the morning market stalls."
- Gulls over market stalls say nothing about the lighthouse or dependability.
- C. "My grandmother's kitchen smelled of cardamom and rain."
- The kitchen image involves neither the lighthouse nor reliability.
- D. "The ferry's horn complains across the harbor fog."
- The ferry horn 'complains' — a sound image, not a statement of the light's dependability.
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