Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,
better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.
laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man.

(laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain)

which of these is the main idea of the poem?

a. life is short; laugh and be merry.
b. take pride in being a human being.
c. fighting doesn't resolve problems.
d. music makes people happy.

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