Love is Not All

Question

Edna St. Vincent Milay

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain;
Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink
And rise and sink and rise and sink again;
Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath,
Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone;
Yet many a man is making friends with death
Even as I speak, for lack of love alone.
It well may be that in a difficult hour,
Pinned down by pain and moaning for release,
Or nagged by want past resolution’s power,
I might be driven to sell your love for peace,
Or trade the memory of this night for food.
It well may be. I do not think I would.

Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath,
Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone

Which is the best paraphrase of these lines from this sonnet?
Responses
A Love has the ability to heal even the sickest person.Love has the ability to heal even the sickest person.
B There isn't anything that the power of love can't do.There isn't anything that the power of love can't do.
C Love cannot heal someone who is sick or physically hurt.Love cannot heal someone who is sick or physically hurt.
D Love always lasts forever even in the face of obstacles.Love always lasts forever even in the face of obstacles.
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Answer 1

C Love cannot heal someone who is sick or physically hurt.