Question

read the excerpt from ovid’s pyramus and thisbe and may you, mulberry, whose boughs now shade one wretched body and will soon shade two, forever bear these darkly colored fruits as signs of our sad end what statement best describes the use of poetic elements in the excerpt? a simile compares a tree to death a tree is given symbolic meaning thisbe delivers a rhythmic song ovid uses patterned rhyme

Explanation:

The excerpt addresses the mulberry tree, assigning it dark fruits as permanent symbols of the tragic end of Pyramus and Thisbe. There is no simile (no "like" or "as" comparison to death), no indication of a rhythmic song from Thisbe, and no clear patterned rhyme in the provided lines. The core poetic element is the symbolic meaning given to the tree.

Answer:

B. A tree is given symbolic meaning