How do the speakers build up the poem's theme? A. God as a speaker puts forth His view on why He withheld the treasure of "rest" so that humankind, having tired of

the other material gifts, would turn to Him in their exhaustion.

B. God's views are left for the reader to infer, just as humankind is left to infer His reasons for creating the universe

and His plan for each human to reach salvation.

C. The narrator refers to God in the third person, thus not making Him the speaker, and speculates that God did not

bestow the gift of "rest" because he wanted humankind to worship Him.

D. The introduction of God as a speaker lends authenticity to the argument that God is manipulative because He

wants to control humankind by withholding the gift of "rest."

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