Question

What is ironic about this excerpt from "Poetry" by Marianne Moore?

Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one
discovers in
it after all, a place for the genuine.

A.The speaker does not change her view of always appreciating poetry.
B.The speaker does not change her view of feeling disdain for poetry.
C.The speaker says she enjoys poetry but then decides that there is no use for it.
D.The speaker says she dislikes poetry but then makes an argument in favor of it.

Answer 1

D, she first says she has a contempt for it, meaning she doesn't really like it, but then turns around and says poetry is something for genuine people to enjoy, making it ironic.

Answer 2

Answer:

d

Explanation:

The first part of the sentence  contains the word contempt.This means that Marianne Moore might not like what she reads and thinks of it with disregard.Nevertheless, the reading of poetry, as contemtible as it is, has a genuine message for her.Then she finds something positive in doing an activity she thinks of as worthless.