Question

read the excerpt from ovids \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 tree is given symbolic meaning. ovid uses patterned rhyme. a simile compares a tree to death. thisbe delivers a rhythmic song.

Explanation:

The mulberry tree is said to forever bear dark - colored fruits as signs of the sad end of Pyramus and Thisbe, giving it symbolic meaning related to their tragic story. There is no patterned rhyme, no simile comparing a tree to death, and Thisbe is not delivering a rhythmic song.

Answer:

A. A tree is given symbolic meaning.