Poem name
Before a painting
James weldon Johnson

Which is the BEST interpretation of the poem?

A The speaker views art in a religious way.

B The speaker wants to be a painter.

C The speaker is critical of the art he views.

D The speaker holds that poetry is superior to visual art.

Same poem

Choose three lines that support the interpretation.

A As music over a raptured listener to The deep-voiced organ breathing out a hymn;

B Silent I stood and made no move or sign; Not with the crowd, but reverently apart;

C There falls the aureate glory filtered through The windows in some old cathedral dim.

D He had created life and love and heart On canvas, from mere color, curve and line.​