Read this excerpt from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Curse for a Nation." Which of these BEST describes the differences between the way that the article talks about slavery and how the poem talks about slavery?

A)

The article is trying to justify slavery, while the poem shows its evils.

B)

The article describes how slaves felt about their treatment, while the poem explains artists' opinions of slavery.

C)

The article describes how America passed laws regulating slavery, while the poem calls for the same changes to be made in England.

D)

The article describes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's feelings toward slavery, while the poem explains why she thought slavery was wrong.

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13 October, 18:30

Read this excerpt from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Curse for a Nation." Which of these BEST describes the differences between the way that the article talks about slavery and how the poem talks about slavery?

A)

The article is trying to justify slavery, while the poem shows its evils.

B)

The article describes how slaves felt about their treatment, while the poem explains artists' opinions of slavery.

C)

The article describes how America passed laws regulating slavery, while the poem calls for the same changes to be made in England.

D)

The article describes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's feelings toward slavery, while the poem explains why she thought slavery was wrong.

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Paisley Guzman · Answer 1

The answer is D

The article describes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's feelings toward slavery, while the poem explains why she thought slavery was wrong.

Gillian Lynch · Answer 2

The correct answer is D) The article describes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's feelings toward slavery, while the poem explains why she thought slavery was wrong. "A Curse for a Nation", written in 1854 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is a simple, striking, three-part polemic against the continuing slave trade in America's Deep South.