Which statement best expresses a theme in the poem “love is not all” by edna st. vincent millay a.) love is more powerful than anything else, even the need for food and shelter b.) love isn’t the most important thing, but it is more important than food or shelter c.) love cannot be truly felt or expierenced until one’s basic needs are met d.) love isn’t as necessary as and shelter are, but love is very important

The option is D. Love isn’t as necessary as and shelter is, but love is very important

If we analyze some of the lines of the poem.

..”Love is not all: it is not meat or drink….

The author clearly states that love is not necessary to survive or to live.

When the author writes:

” love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath, not clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone yet many a men are making friends with death”

again is saying that love is not necessary to live, however, it is important to the way we live or relate with each other.  It is clearly explained that a person can easily live without love. Love is always as an option, a tool, not a vital element in a person's life.

the african society basically suffered the consequences of colonization and apartheid directly attacking the black people, first, during the colonialism and its main idea which which "white people" had better rights, affecting   them principally in the right to establish black people in their territories, access to quality education and health services and took away any civil right even to the black people to feel they have the same opportunities as the settlers.

b. the poet identifies with private people.

    in the stanza, dickinson states she doesn't wish to seek fame and recognition from the public eye. nor is she afraid of authority figures, and you can definitely tell she isn't hiding something. more as she identifies with private people, who are not known by the community