What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost's poem "Out, Out" and John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Telling the Bees" ?
Correct answer: D. All of these answers
- A. They both address the theme of death.
- B. Both use formal meter to present a narrative structure.
- C. They are both set in rural New England.
- D. All of these answers
Explanation
Both poems are rural New England narratives written in formal meter and organized around a death. Their shared setting, narrative form, and subject make “All of these answers” correct.
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