question 5 of 24
how might an image of a poem, such as a painting, a reader better
understand the poem?
a. the painting can invent details that the poet didn't include.
b. the painting can the reader visualize parts of the poem.
c. the painting can be colorful
d. the painting can take a different approach to the subject than the
poem.

B

Explanation: If a poem were to include a description of a painting then it’s placed there for a specific or symbolic reason. The painting could represent something or the artwork itself could me mentioned and described such as an ocean or trees. They could be compared or contrasted to the poets feelings, experience, worldly events, etc. However, D also seems like an appropriate answer. But, if I am too choose between both it would certainly be B.

The fight against expanding communism, in an era of a once powerful USSR - before the Berlin Wall was opened to join Germany again, the continuous fight by the Communist Chinese leads me to choose C.

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