<span>The answer is the letter (D) <span>The destructive nature of the poem echoes Porphyria's limitless passion. </span>This explanation is based on the fact that Porfiria wanted to be with her lover forever and this fact is fulfilled in an alternative reality when she finds death in the hands of the man with whom she had desired eternal bliss, in that tragic moment it would seem that Porfiria does not show resistance and dies with a smile in his mouth, to reflect the immense love he had for his lover.<span> The poem by Robert Browning (Porphyria's Lover, 1842) is considered as a first approach of the author to the technique of dramatic monologue that he himself would contribute to develop and perfect.</span></span>
The speaker's evolving description of the reed throughout the poem ultimately serves to emphasize a claim about the <u>heavy emotional toll that artistic creation takes on poets</u>.