I believe the answer is c also
Is there a story with this
The theme of the oval portrait is Fatal love, the wife in the story loves an artist but he loves his art. so by the time he was done it happened that she had died by his side.
Anyone, poetry isn't a source which not everyone can access. If this wasn't the intention of the question be sure to notify me. ( If you're asking me the question, yes. )
The answer is “will be examining” . Future progressives are formed by subject + will be + verb(-ing)