Excerpt from Miniver Cheevy Edwin Arlington Robinson Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn, Grew lean while he assailed the seasons; He
wept that he was ever born, And he had reasons. Miniver loved the days of old When swords were bright and steeds were prancing; The vision of a warrior bold Would set him dancing. Miniver sighed for what was not, And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors. Minever mourned the ripe renown That made so many a name so fragrant; He mourned Romance, now on the town, And Art, a vagrant. Minever loved the Medici, Albeit he had never seen one; He would have sinned incessantly Could he have been one. Miniver cursed the commonplace And eyed a khaki suit with loathing; He missed the mediæval grace Of iron clothing. Miniver scorned the gold he sought, But sore annoyed was he without it; Miniver thought, and thought, and thought, And thought about it. Miniver Cheevy, born too late, Scratched his head and kept on thinking; Miniver coughed, and called it fate, And kept on drinking. Which answer reflects a similar theme in another format? A) A song about a group of young people who want to change the world through positive actions and words in their daily lives. B) A novel about a man who thinks back on his past and realizes the mistakes he's made with his family before vowing to change and improve his life. C) A film about a journalist who refuses to get a job with an online news service because he believes that print newspapers are the only way to report the news. D) An opera about a woman who rises from obscurity to a life of renown and fame when her singing talents are discovered as she sings while she works in a kitchen.
