Read this stanza from "The Chimney Sweepers." What is Ironic about the situation of the sweepers? And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark in
And got with our bags and our brushes to work.
Though the morning was cold,
Tom was happy and warm;
So If all do their duty, they need not fear harm.
Although It Is dark, sweepers still have to go to work.
In order for the sweepers' conditions to Improve, they have to die.
Working hard In cold weather will warm the sweepers up.
the boys do not do their duty, they will come to harm.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky