Question

Which line from the poem does NOT represent the poem's overall theme/message?

a. "This poem will be guilty. It assumed it retained1 the right to ask its question after the page" (Lines 1-2)
b. "but it is a poem, so it hears you’d be safer if you stopped acting like a poem, ceased resisting." (Lines 12-13)
c. "That poem is numb. This poem is becoming / numb" (Lines 22-23)
d. "of that and what it has swallowed of the news. It spits blood—inking. It is its own doing and undoing." (Lines 8-9)

Answer 1

Without the full poem and its themes, it's not possible to accurately determine which line does not represent the overall theme/message.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine which line from the poem does NOT represent the poem's overall theme/message, we need to consider the context and thematic content of each proposed excerpt. as we lack the full poem and specific details regarding its overarching themes, it's not possible to accurately pinpoint which line is divergent. However, generally, in analyzing poetry, one would look for the line that seems to deviate in tone or subject from the main concerns of the poem, or that may have a different focus or message than the overarching one.

If the poem is concerned with guilt, self-awareness, and the impact of words as suggested by the provided lines, a line not aligned with these concerns would stand out.