Read these lines from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera.

...Helicopter
gunships threatened peasants at harvest time

in Vietnam, El Salvador, Afghanistan
—but your words live on in sacred corn,
in wheat's amber waves, in the holy words

of Tayko-mol.
How do these lines develop the theme of the poem that even in the face of evil, Oandasan could find beauty?

A. They suggest that the words of Oandasan express hope even though terrible things happen.

B. They suggest that Oandasan wrote poems while enjoying being in nature.

C. They suggest that Oandasan had to hide transcripts of his poems in random spots in nature.

D. They suggest that the words of Oandasan are literally the natural elements of the planet.

According to the excerpt from "Elegy for My Brother Poet Filipino & Yuki Indian" by Vince Gotera, the lines develop the theme of the poem that even in the face of evil, Oandasan could find beauty by suggesting that the words of Oandasan expresses hope even in the face of terrible things.

It is narrated that even as helicopter gunships threatened peasants at harvest time, Oandasan's words live on in sacred corn