“As I began my flight home, I realized that I was not feeling well. I felt heavy, but I did not know why. Would I be able to make it back to the hive? I started to grow more and more tired. Soon, I landed on a lavender plant. I knew that I was close to the end of my life.” This short paragraph rewrites part of “The Bee” as a first-person, prose narrative instead of a poem.
What is the MOST important difference between how the reader might interpret the flight home in “The Bee” if it were written as a first-person narrative instead of a poem?
A. The reader may not feel the bee’s emotions as intensely.
B. The reader may not understand the bee’s point of view as well.
C. The reader may not understand what the bee is thinking as clearly.
D. The reader may not experience the beauty of the bee’s world as strongly.