Question

read the excerpt from ovids \pyramus and thisbe\. and may you, mulberry, whose boughs now shade one wretched body and will soon shade two, forever bear these darkly colored fruits as signs of our sad end. what statement best describes the use of poetic elements in the excerpt? a simile compares a tree to death. a tree is given symbolic meaning. thisbe delivers a rhythmic song. ovid uses patterned rhyme.

Explanation:

The mulberry tree is described as bearing dark - colored fruits as signs of a sad end, giving it symbolic meaning related to the tragic event. There is no simile comparing a tree to death, no indication of Thisbe delivering a rhythmic song, and no evidence of patterned rhyme.

Answer:

A tree is given symbolic meaning.