Question

"The Man in the Glass" is a well-known early 1900s poem by Peter Dale Wimbrow. In the poem, the speaker describes the importance of self-respect and integrity over the opinions of others: ______ Which quotation from "The Man in the Glass" most effectively illustrates the claim?
A. "When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, / And the world makes you King for a day, / Just go to the mirror and look at yourself, / And see what the man has to say."
B. "For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife, / Whose judgement upon you must pass, / But the fellow whose verdict counts most in your life / Is the man looking back from the glass."
C. "He's not a mountain of muscle and bone, / But a man who can't be denied, / For he knows all your innermost secrets, you know, / And can't be fooled by the tide."
D. "You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years, / And get pats on the back as you pass, / But your final reward will be heartaches and tears / If you've cheated the man in the glass."

Answer 1

B. It directly states that others' judgments (father, mother, wife) don't matter as much as the verdict of "the man looking back from the glass," emphasizing the primacy of one's own conscience and self-respect.