Read the excerpt from "On Liberty and Slavery.”Oh, Liberty! thou golden prize, So often sought by blood— We crave thy sacred sun to rise, The gift of nature’s God!Bid Slavery hide her haggard face, And barbarism fly: I scorn to see the sad disgrace In which enslaved I lie.Dear Liberty! upon thy breast, I languish to respire; And like the Swan upon her nest, I’d to thy smiles retire.Oh, blest asylum—heavenly balm! Unto thy boughs I flee— And in thy shades the storm shall calm, With songs of Liberty!
Answer
A
Freedom is a human right every person deserves.
B
Freedom can only be achieved in certain locations.
C
People can lose hope when they have no freedom.
D
The meaning of freedom differs among people.
Explanation
The speaker calls Liberty a “gift of nature’s God” and describes being enslaved as a “sad disgrace.” This presents freedom as something sacred and natural that people deserve, making A, “Freedom is a human right every person deserves,” the best answer. The poem also shows the speaker longing for freedom, but its central idea is not that freedom exists only in certain places or means different things to different people.
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