Read the poem. afternoon in school – the last lesson by d. h. lawrence when will the bell ring, and end this weariness? how long have they tugged the leash, and strained apart my pack of unruly hounds: i cannot start them again on a quarry of knowledge they hate to hunt, i can haul them and urge them no more. no more can i endure to bear the brunt of the books that lie out on the desks: a full three score of several insults of blotted pages and scrawl of slovenly work that they have offered me. i am sick, and tired more than any thrall upon the woodstacks working weariedly. and shall i take the last dear fuel and heap it on my soul till i rouse my will like a fire to consume their dross of indifference, and burn the scroll of their insults in punishment? — i will not! i will not waste myself to embers for them, not all for them shall the fires of my life be hot, for myself a heap of ashes of weariness, till sleep shall have raked the embers clear: i will keep some of my strength for myself, for if i should sell it all for them, i should hate them — — i will sit and wait for the bell. which statement best explains how hyperbole affects meaning in “afternoon in school – the last lesson”? a. it shows resentment. b. it creates humor. c. it develops the idea that teaching is the most challenging and noble profession. d. it creates a negative tone, reinforcing the idea that the poet doesn’t like his students.