Critical Reading
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
What is ironic about the English meaning of the title "Vergissmeinnicht"?
A. The girl has probably already forgotten the soldier who treasured her photo.
B.
It has a double meaning, since the poem makes the soldier unforgettable as well.
C. People who fight in wars often forget the quiet, happy lives they left behind.
D. The speaker of the poem is trying to make us forget the girl Steffi and her dead soldier.