Question

Read the poem “The Garret,” by Ezra Pound. COME let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. Come let us pity the married and the unmarried. Dawn enters with little feet like a gilded Pavlova, And I am near my desire. Nor has life in it aught better Than this hour of clear coolness, the hour of waking together. Which best describes the modernist theme reflected in the poem? mistrust of authority the isolation of individuals optimism in the face of devastation fear of new technology

Answer 1

The isolation of individuals  best describes the modernist theme reflected in the poem.

Answer: B

Explanation

The theme is clearly shown in the poem, for instance, when the poet says they go to pity since their friend has abandoned them.

The poet is trying to demonstrate how the individuals have been isolated.

There are diverse categories of persons, for instance, the rich and the poor, those who are married and those not.

The divisions, therefore, are the sources of isolation and make individual from low living standards and those who are not married to form their isolated group.