Lighter, lighten, lighting, lightless, lightly
The verb being used in the given sentence above is the word "had contained". The tense of this verb is past perfect. Therefore, the correct answer would be option A. When a verb is in the past perfect, this indicates that the action has been completed some time in the past.
Despite the fact that world literature stories usually come from other countries and cultures, there is always some meaning that we can take from their intended messages.
