Question

Which best describes one reason why "Sympathy" is a naturalist poem?

It addresses the effects of racism and oppression in society.It gives a description of the bird’s wings as it tries to escape.It illustrates the factors leading to the bird’s imprisonment. It rejects the idea that society influences the individual.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

It addresses the effects of racism and oppression in society.

This best describes one reason why "Sympathy" is a naturalist poem.

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Answer 2

"It addresses the effects of racism and oppression in society" is the best which describes the reason why "Sympathy" is a naturalist poem. Literary naturalism emphasizes observation and the scientific method in the fictional portrayal of reality.

Other characteristics of literary naturalism are:

• detachment: the author maintains an impersonal tone and disinterested point of view

• determinism: the opposite of free will, in which a character's fate has been decided, even predetermined, by impersonal forces of nature beyond human control

• a sense that the universe itself is indifferent to human life