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Which sentence best states a main message of the poem “Retort”?

a. Always follow your head rather than your heart.
b. A person in love does not always think rationally.
c. It is easy to fall in love with an unkind person.
d. Love happens only when the mind and heart agree.

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Answer:

b. A person in love does not always think rationally.

Explanation:

In the poem "Retort", Paul Laurence Dunbar have presented the idea that how a mind and a heart behaves. In the first stanza, the head calls the heart a 'fool'. This thought presents the idea that when the heart falls in love, it do not think rationally. It is because of this reason that the heart always suffers 'distress' and sadness. The head claimed that the heart falls for 'a smiling face' or 'a ribbon'. This signifies that the heart is weak and soft and is prone is fall for beauty and smile.

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