Who wrote a poem titled 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning'?
- A. John Donne
- B. John Milton
- C. Adrienne Rich
- D. Sylvia Plath
- E. Robert Frost
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Correct answer: A. A and C only
Explanation
Donne's metaphysical valediction (pub. 1633) and Adrienne Rich's answering poem of the same title (The Will to Change, 1971).
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