Read these quotations. To a Daughter with Artistic Talent
Both quotations use imagery that conveys a sense of —
A inner turmoil
B stubbornness
C guilt
D exaggerated self-confidence

To a daughter with artistic talent
You have painted every day
for as long as I can remember
and will be painting still
when you read this, some cold
and distant December when the child is old and the trees no longer silver but black fingers scratching a grey sky.

Big fish
“No,” he says. Then, “Yes. I don’t know. At least you remembered. The point is, I think—the point is I tried to get home more. I did. Things happened, though. Natural disasters. The earth split once I think, the sky opened several times. Sometimes I barely made it out alive.”