The message of the two poems is similar in the sense that both poems mourn the bravery of one who has died, as stated in option B and explained below.
<h3>What are the poems about?</h3>
The passage in the attached picture belongs to the poem "Frederick Douglass," by Paul Laurence Dunbar. We are supposed to compare its message to the one found in the poem "The Courage that My Mother Had," by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
After reading the two poems, we realize the similarity in their messages lies on the mourning of someone who passed away and that person's qualities. In Dunbar's poem, he expresses sorrow for Douglass' death. In Millay's poem, she laments her own mother's death.
Both authors make a point of praising the courage those who died possessed. Douglass and Millay's mother were both brave people who are greatly admired, even after their passing.
With the information above in mind, we can choose option B as the correct answer.
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