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Introduction to Early Modern Literature

Question 5 • WCE College Prep English B ACC

Read the poem “Sea Rose,” by H.D.Rose, harsh rose,marred and with stint of petals,meagre flower, thin,sparse of leaf,more preciousthan a wet rosesingle on a stem? —you are caught in the drift.Stunted, with small leaf,you are flung on the sand,you are liftedin the crisp sandthat drives in the wind.Can the spice-rosedrip such acrid fragrancehardened in a leaf?What is a theme of “Sea Rose”?

Answer
A
isolation
B
beauty
C
instability
D
mystery
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