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Which word best describes the theme of "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar?

hope
restriction
admiration
activity

I choose C only because it seems more sense but I'm still a little confused...

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I don't think it's admiration.

The first two stanzas are about restriction; the last seems to be about hope.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46459

You could google "Sympathy" theme to get some other ideas.
Well, Dunbar certainly feels sympathy for the bird. Does that mean admiration?

http://www.poemofquotes.com/paullaurencedunbar/sympathy.php
Okay..my other guess is hope