Read these lines from the poem.

a thousand martyrs i have made,

all sacrificed to my desire;

what effect does the image of "a thousand martyrs" have on the meaning of the poem?

a.) it conveys the idea that love means giving up everything for another person.

b.) it describes the heartache the speaker feels for hurting others in relationships.

c.) it stresses that romantic relationships frequently end badly.

d.) it evokes the suffering that the speaker has caused for many of her partners.