Th e word “th ou” in line 1 indicates
(a) the poem is a letter
(b) the poem is an invocation
(c) the speaker is employing apostrophe
(d) the speaker uses arcane vocabulary to make a point
(e) the poem is outdated

passage 1. anne bradstreet, “th e author to her book”
th ou ill-form’d off spring of my feeble brain,
who after birth did’st by my side remain,
till snatcht from thence by friends, less wise than true,
who thee abroad exposed to public view,
made thee in rags, halting to th’ press to trudge,
where errors were not lessened (all may judge).
at thy return my blushing was not small,
my rambling brat (in print) should mother call.
i cast thee by as one unfi t for light,
th e visage was so irksome in my sight,
yet being mine own, at length aff ection would
th y blemishes amend, if so i could.
i washed thy face, but more defects i saw,
and rubbing off a spot, still made a fl aw.
i stretcht thy joints to make thee even feet,
yet still thou run’st more hobbling than is meet.
in better dress to trim thee was my mind,
but nought save home-spun cloth, i’ th’ house i fi nd.
in this array, ’mongst vulgars may’st thou roam.
in critics’ hands, beware thou dost not come,
and take thy way where yet thou are not known.
if for thy father askt, say, thou hadst none;
and for thy mother, she alas is poor,
which caused her thus to send thee out of door.