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Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson

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Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson
-In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the third stanza,
"…as the sea/
Develops pearl and weed/
But only to himself is known/
The fathoms they abide."
These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?


A) Women who are bad housekeepers are like weeds
B) Women who are good housekeepers are like pearls
C) Women don't share their dreams and aspirations with anyone
D) Women should share their dreams and aspirations with their husbands

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