Incomplete question. Assumed you are referring to the poem "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot. The options read;
a. swollen with excess water.
c. shallow and muddy.
b. icy and cold.
d. cluttered with leaves and trash.
Answer:
<u>a. swollen with excess water.</u>
Explanation:
Indeed, in that poem one of the lines of the poem reads;
<em>"In this last of meeting places
</em>
<em> We grope together
</em>
<em> And avoid speech
</em>
<em> Gathered on this beach of the tumid river".</em>
The expression "tumid" used could also mean, <em>"swollen", </em><u>hence, the context suggests the author is referring to a river that is swollen with excess water.</u>
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