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Writing a Literary Analysis through the Lens of a Quotation — Unit test

Question 13 • TX-College Prep English B

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?The imagery used in the poem suggests that the rose is

Answer
A
able to endure hardship.
B
fragile and full of fragrance.
C
overtaken by the sea.
D
lovely and flourishing.