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Read the following poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes before you choose your answer.
"I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy
bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers."
Which of the following best describes the poem as a whole?
A. A scathing satire of environmental waste throughout the world
B. A poetic contemplation honoring the endurance of African-Americans
C. A lyrical description of the winding path to freedom (NOT THE ANSWER)
D. A personal meditation describing the speaker's captivation with rivers
