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APLIT.238 Explaining Function
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Original excerpt: For fourteen lines the speaker asks the sea to return her brother; the final line asks only for the courage to stop listening. Which commentary best explains the function of the final shift?
A
It changes the poem's desire from impossible restoration to painful acceptance, marking a turn in the speaker's grief.
B
It shows that the sea has finally returned the brother in the last line.
C
It repeats the earlier request without changing the poem's emotional direction.
D
It introduces courage as an unrelated virtue detached from grief.
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