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PART A WHICH STATEMENT IDENTIFIES THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE TEXT IN LOVE SONG WITH TEO GOLDFISH

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The statement that best identifies the theme of "Love song, with two goldfish" is love is difficult to sustain and often fades away.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the poem "Love song, with two goldfish" by Grace Chua, the central theme is that love is hard to sustain and that often fades away. We can see that the author is implying how loves fade away when she says,

"(But her love's since

gone belly-up. His heart sinks

like a fish..."

Indicating that the female fish does not love the male one anymore, it went belly-up. That is to say, her love for him died.

In the previous lines, we can see that they were both in love. For example, when the author writes,

"(He's a drifter,

always

floating around her has

nowhere else to go..."

The male is always around the female, trying to gain her attention. Until she does it, and they are both in love.

"(Bounded by round walls

she makes fish eyes

and kissy lips at him..."

In conclusion, even though they were in love, this one was hard to sustain, which we can see in the female goldfish that does not love her partner anymore.

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