"The Rock and the Sea" is an 1893 poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the poem, a rock is portrayed as intending to confront and restrain the sea: __ Which quotation from "The Rock and the Sea" most effectively illustrates the claim? Choose 1 answer: A "I am the Rock.Black midnight falls; /The terrible breakers rise like walls: / With curling lips and gleaming teeth / They plunge and tear at my bones beneath." B "I am the Sea . The earth I sway; /Granite to me is potter's clay; / Under the touch of my careless waves /It rises in turrets and sinks in caves." C "I am the Sea. I hold the land / As one holds an apple in his hand. / Hold it fast with sleepless eyes / Watching the continents sink and rise." D "I am the Rock presumptuous Sea!/ I am set to encounter thee. / Angry and loud or gentle and still, / I am set here to limit thy power, and I will!"

## Step 1<br />The problem is asking us to identify the quotation from the poem "The Rock and the Sea" that best illustrates the claim that the rock is intending to confront and restrain the sea. <br /><br />## Step 2<br />We need to analyze each option and determine which one best represents the rock's intention to confront and restrain the sea.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />Option A describes the sea's aggressive actions towards the rock, but it doesn't show the rock's intention to confront and restrain the sea.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />Option B describes the sea's power and its ability to shape the land, but it doesn't show the rock's intention to confront and restrain the sea.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Option C describes the sea's hold on the land, but it doesn't show the rock's intention to confront and restrain the sea.<br /><br />## Step 6<br />Option D, however, clearly shows the rock's intention to confront and restrain the sea. The rock is described as being set to encounter the sea, regardless of whether the sea is angry and loud or gentle and still. This shows the rock's determination to limit the sea's power.