Which lines in this excerpt from the poem "A Grain of Sand" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper indicates its subject? (you can pick more than one answer)

ADo you see this grain of sand

Lying loosely in my hand?

Do you know to me it brought

BJust a simple loving thought?

When one gazes night by night

COn the glorious stars of light,
DOh how little seems the span

Measured round the life of man.

Explanation: In "A grain of Sand" by Frances Ellen Watking Harper, the author reflects about how tiny is human's life compared with the enormity of universe created by God. In the same poem the author says: "...Oh! how fleeting are his years

With their smiles and their tears;

Can it be that God does care

For such atoms as we are?
..."

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-06-01T10:20:16-04:00

The lines in this excerpt from the poem "A Grain of Sand" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper that indicates its subject is option D

What is a Poem?

This refers to the use of stanzas to show the thoughts and feelings of a poet.

Hence, we can see that from the complete text, there is the use of the thematic subject to show that the life of a man is short and this is shown in option D.

D. Oh how little seems the span
Measured round the life of man.