Answer:
Dickinson concludes with an independent clause in order to emphasize hope requires little of others.
Explanation:
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet known for living quite a secluded life. Her poems are still studied and appreciated all over the world.
For the first blank options:
1. Dickinson does not place the subject in the middle of the poem. She actually begins the poem with it.
<u>2. This is correct. The last clause in the poem is an independent one. It can stand alone as a sentence, and it has a subject and a predicate.</u>
3. She does not use a balanced structure. Notice how the predicate of the very first subject is composed of several sentences that take up most of the poem.
For the second blank options:
1. Dickinson does not highlight the difficulty of remaining hopeful. Quite the contrary, she claims hope can be found even in the direst of circumstances.
<u>2. This is correct. In the final clause, Dickinson claims that hope never asked "a crumb" of her. Hope is not demanding. It is light and easy to find.</u>
3. The poem as a whole doe not speak of hopelessness or the feeling of being lost.
