|Question 7Verbal

Source Texts

Text
Text 1 is T.E. Hulme's 1912 poem “Above the Dock.” Text 2 is from Amy Lowell's 1912 poem “The Crescent Moon.”

Text 1

Above the quiet dock in mid night,
Tangled in the tall mast's corded height,
Hangs the moon. What seemed so far away
Is but a child's balloon, forgotten after play.

Text 2

Slipping softly through the sky
Little horned, happy moon,
Can you hear me up so high?
Will you come down soon?
Which choice best describes a notable difference in how the speaker of Text 1 and the speaker of Text 2 portray the moon?
While both speakers characterize the moon as an entrapped figure, only the speaker of Text 2 describes the moon as being content with this fate.
A
While both speakers present the moon as a tangible object, only the speaker of Text 1 addresses the moon's beauty.
B
While the speaker of Text 1 presents the moon as an object of play, the speaker of Text 2 presents the moon as an object of serious study.
C
While the speaker of Text 1 presents the moon as seeming to be very close, the speaker of Text 2 emphasizes the moon's distance from the speaker.
D