Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio
James Wright, 1927 - 1980
In the Shreve High football stadium,
I think of Polacks nursing long beers in Tiltonsville,
And gray faces of Negroes in the blast furnace at Benwood,
And the ruptured night watchman of Wheeling Steel,
Dreaming of heroes.
All the proud fathers are ashamed to go home.
Their women cluck like starved pullets,
Dying for love
Therefore,
Their sons grow suicidally beautiful
At the beginning of October,
And gallop terribly against each other's bodies.
Which best expresses the contrast between this poem and this image?
A)While the poem is quite serious, the picture is meant to evoke humor.
B)The picture makes the viewer sad, while the poem makes the reader happy.
C)The poem is meant to make the reader laugh, but the picture is very
somber.
D)The picture is quite boring, while the poem is filled with action and energy