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The following text is from Robert Lowell’s 1964 poem “For the Union Dead.” The South Boston Aquarium closed permanently in 1954.

The old South Boston Aquarium stands
in a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded.
The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales.
The airy tanks are dry.

©2003 by Robert Lowell

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A

To describe details of the deteriorated state of a building

B

To contrast the effects of different kinds of weather on a building

C

To argue that a building should be rehabilitated

D

To explain why a once-popular building was abandoned