In Wallace Stevens's poem "The Man on the Dump," one can say that the trash symbolizes which of the following ?
Correct answer: C. Old poetry
- A. Artifacts from foreign cultures which do not fit into the American cultural context
- B. The broken dreams of the American émigré community in Paris
- C. Old poetry
- D. The failed attempt of modern poetry
Explanation
The dump is a store of discarded cultural materials, especially the worn-out poetic conventions Stevens questions. Its trash therefore points toward old poetry that must be reexamined rather than simply preserved.
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