1. historical.
2. pop culture
3. families
The answer is the first one, A. The narrator has no knowledge of how the beast behaves, yet she's willing to go out of her way to agitate it in order learn more about the thing.
An ode typically addresses something to be praised or glorified.
As a result, an ode can address anything beautiful or great: a person, place, event, or even a thing (as in Ode On A Grecian Urn). Basically, an ode addresses anything the poet considers worthy of praise.
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