Which statement best expresses a theme in the poem "love is not all" by Edna St. Vincent Millay A.) Love is more powerful than anything else, even the need for food and shelter B.) Love isn't the most important thing, but it is more important than food or shelter C.) Love cannot be truly felt or expierenced until one's basic needs are met D.) Love isn't as necessary as and shelter are, but love is very important

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Xiomara Hancock

6 October, 06:49

Which statement best expresses a theme in the poem "love is not all" by Edna St. Vincent Millay A.) Love is more powerful than anything else, even the need for food and shelter B.) Love isn't the most important thing, but it is more important than food or shelter C.) Love cannot be truly felt or expierenced until one's basic needs are met D.) Love isn't as necessary as and shelter are, but love is very important

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Yandel · Answer 1

The option is D. Love isn't as necessary as and shelter is, but love is very important

If we analyze some of the lines of the poem.

... "Love is not all: it is not meat or drink ...

The author clearly states that love is not necessary to survive or to live.

When the author writes:

" love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath, not clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone yet many a men are making friends with death"

again is saying that love is not necessary to live, however, it is important to the way we live or relate with each other. It is clearly explained that a person can easily live without love. Love is always as an option, a tool, not a vital element in a person's life.