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Careened', These oily tears Dripping down the tears on your depressed face, Will ...

Careened',
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched, I swear!

Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears.

The tone of the poet is
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  • A Supplicatory
  • B Optimistic
  • C Sympathetic
  • D Piteous
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The tone is optimistic because it predicts an end to the shedding of tears. The phrase oily tears is a metonymy for oil spill being a cause of sorrow (i.e. tears) to the addressee,and the poet being of a strong hope that oil spilling and attendant suffering will become a past tense matter (staunched)sooner than later, is clearly optimistic.

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