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In Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "Sympathy," what is the metaphorical significance of the pain that "still throbs in the old, old scars"? Hint: It's not B.

A. It refers to the wounds that are especially painful after frustrating attempts to break free.

B. It stands for the pain of slavery that nearly a century of struggle for civil rights has not erased.

C. It's an allusion to the branding of slaves and the scars that it left on former slaves.

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The answer is A. It refers to the wounds that are especially painful after frustrating attempts to break free
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