Read the excerpt from "Poetry." When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand: the bat holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under a tree, the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea, the base- ball fan, the statistician—What theme does this excerpt express?
Answer
A
Most people are tired of their interests.
B
People do not like what they cannot understand.
C
Most people have very similar interests.
D
People are more interested in animals than poetry.
Explanation
The excerpt directly says that “we do not admire what we cannot understand.” The examples that follow show how people may find things uninteresting or confusing when they cannot make sense of them. Therefore, the theme is that people do not like what they cannot understand.
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