A)because the meaning of a poem is whatever the poet intended it to mean when he or she wrote it
Explanation:
An author's claim that a poem can mean anything the readers want it to mean is a false assumption because the poet already wrote the poem with an intended meaning.
A poet can decide to write a poem that has a theme of sadness and this is the meaning he wants it to convey and this meaning cannot be changed by a reader even if the reader understands the poem in a different way. At the end of the day, the meaning of the poem is whatever the poet intended it to mean when he/she wrote it.
