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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Some sort of parallel may be found in the way logical connectives are usually unnecessary and often misleading, because too simple. Omitting an adjective one would need ‘therefore’ stressing the adjective ‘although’; both logical connections are implied if the sentences are just put after another. In the same way, people are accustomed to judge automatically the forces that hold together a variety of ideas; they feel they know about the forces, if they have analysed the ideas; many forces, indeed, are covertly included within ideas; and so of the two elements, each of which defines the other, it is much easier to find words for the ideas than for the forces. Most of the ambiguities I have considered here seem to me beautiful; I consider, then, that I have shown by example, in showing the nature of the ambiguity, the nature of the forces which are adequate to hold it together. It would seem very artificial to do it the other way round, and very tedious to do it both ways at once. I wish only, then, to say here that such vaguely imagined ‘forces’ are essential to the totality of a poem and they cannot be discussed in terms of ambiguity, because they are complementary to it. But by discussing ‘ambiguity’, a great deal may be made clear about them. In particular, if there is contradiction, the greater the tension; in some way other than by the contradiction, the tension must be conveyed, and must be sustained.


Why does the author say that “the tension must be conveyed and must be sustained”?

Options

A

Because it is unnecessary and often misleading

B

Because it is too simple

C

Because it is impregnated with adjectives

D

Because tension is often an important clue to the meaning of a poem

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Correct Answer :

Option C

Because it is impregnated with adjectives

Solution :

The correct option is: Because it is impregnated with adjectives.

To understand why this is the correct answer, we can analyze the structural and stylistic points raised in the passage:
1. The author notes that logical connections in a poem are often implied rather than explicitly stated, pointing out that omitting an adjective or stressing another (such as with "although" or "therefore") alters the internal forces holding the sentences together.
2. Because the ideas and the forces that bind them are covertly embedded with descriptive values, the poem becomes highly saturated or "impregnated" with these qualitative adjectives.
3. Consequently, to prevent the poem's structure from collapsing into simple contradiction, this tension created by the dense network of adjectives must be actively conveyed and sustained throughout the work.

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