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Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,

Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
   Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.
   Laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man.

(Laugh and Be Merry/John Masefield/Public Domain)

Which of these is the main idea of the poem?

A. Life is short; laugh and be merry.
B. Take pride in being a human being.
C. Fighting doesn't resolve problems.
D. Music makes people happy.

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A. Life is short; laugh and be merry. The poem keep bringing up laughing so that gives you a hint that the main idea is about laughing.
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