Read the poem "The Secret" by Emily Dickinson.Some things that fly there be,—Birds, hours, the bumble-bee:Of these no elegy.Some things that stay there be,—Grief, hills, eternity:Nor this behooveth me.There are, that resting, rise.Can I expound the skies? How still the riddle lies!

The poem brings together things that seem opposed: some things fly away, like birds and hours, while others remain, like grief and hills. The speaker also describes things “resting” that “rise.” These contrasts make “contradiction” the best choice; the poem is not mainly about dishonesty, excitement, or inactivity.

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