Which of the following phrases from the poem correctly identifies the stated theme?

i am the captain of my soul.
beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade.
under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody.
black as the pit from pole to pole, i whatever gods may be.

answer: idk

explanation:

answer: it means that he would rather write than preach.

explanation: its what it says

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.