Paradox is the answer because Paradox has to do with opposites being shown
I think the correct answer from the choices listed is option C. The element of modernist poetry that is evident in this excerpt from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes is that the poem’s stanzas have varying lengths. This poem is Langston Hughes's first mature poem and the most anthologized poem.
What passage? your question is incomplete
Past progressive I think.