Question

Read the following excerpt from "Grass" by Carl Sandburg:

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.

Shovel them under and let me work -

I am the grass; I cover all.

Which sentence best analyzes the poet's use of allusion in this passage?

A. The speaker of the poem is the grass, which makes its actions seem like conscious decisions.

B. The speaker mentions Hastings to convey the idea that grass will eventually hide great atrocities.

C. The speaker refers to Waterloo to suggest that grass can hide even great battle losses.

D. The speaker refers to Austerlitz to imply that the grass cannot conceal all human activities.
The answer is C

Answer 1

The speaker refers to Waterloo to suggest that grass can hide even great battle losses.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Allusion is a literary device that is used to give indirect and short credential to the things, places, person, idea, etc of past.

"Grass" is a poem penned by Carl Sandburg. The poem is written in the memory of those who lost their lives fighting for the nation. The poet urge the readers not to forget their sacrifices. The poem also talks about how nature works to cover or erase the wounds of the wars.

In the given passage, the poet has used allusion by referring to the war of Waterloo. The nature is playing an important role in the passage, by covering tthe great losses, even of the battles as Waterloo.

So, the correct answer is option C.