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Read the poem and answer the TWO questions that follow.
The slow person you left behind when, finally,
you mastered the world, and scaled the heights you now command,
where is he while you
walked around the shaved lawn in your plus fours,
organizing with an electric clipboard
your big push to tomorrow?
Oh, I have come across him, yes, I have, more than once,
coaxing his battered grocery cart down the freeway meridian,
Others see in you sundry mythic types distinguished
not just in themselves but by the stories
we put in with beginnings, ends, surprises:
the baby Oedipus on the hillside with his broken feet
or the dog whose barking saves the grandmother
flailing in the millpond beyond the weir,
dragged down by her woolen skirt.
He doesn’t see you as a story, though.
He feels you as his atmosphere. When your sun shines,
he chorteles. When your barometric pressure drops
and the thunder heads gather,
he huddles under the overpass and writes me long letters with
the study little pencil he steals from the public library.
He asks me to look out for you.
Option D is the correct answer because the poem primarily focuses on analyzing the past and present of a person who has achieved success. The narrative explores the contrast between the current state of success, as depicted by images of walking around a shaved lawn and organizing with an electric clipboard, and the past where the person left someone less fortunate behind. The poem reflects on the consequences of success, the disparity between the two individuals, and the emotional impact on both. It doesn't merely celebrate success or moan losses but provides a thoughtful analysis of the dynamics between the successful person and the one left behind, making Option D the most fitting choice.
