Offsetting your subject . a should not be done as it may prevent processing later.
b can be a distraction as it will take the viewer's eye off the subject.
c should be done as it will allow processing later.
d is a way of making your photograph more dynamic.

Which line from hopkins's "spring and fall: to a young child" includes an allusion to an ancient story? a. "it is margaret you mourn for" b. "it is the blight man was born for" c. "are you grieving / over goldengrove unleaving? " d. "now no matter, child, the name: / sorrow's springs are the same"