The most possible answer is either D or A.
In both cases, it's quite sure that these words "grieving, sigh, blight" all represent a more sorrow deviation or a more deepened mood. The best answer of the two would probably depend on how you view the poem, either as one with a hopeful mood or one with a sorrowful mood.
I believe it's D, because without "(especially the corn)" its a complete sentence that still makes sense.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
Minow points out how children spend as much time watching TV as being at school and there is so little learning being done during that time. Why not it for more educational tv so they can better themselves during that time instead of them rotting away and letting them do whatever