Read the following poem, then answer the question that follows:

My beautiful penthouse apartment
bursts with pets and plants,
but it's far from paradise.
My arms reach out.
My eyes search.
My heart aches
like Adam's
before
Eve.

The biblical allusion to Adam and Eve suggests that the speaker in this poem feels

lucky

lonely

hungry

angry

Question

Read the following poem, then answer the question that follows:

My beautiful penthouse apartment
bursts with pets and plants,
but it's far from paradise.
My arms reach out.
My eyes search.
My heart aches
like Adam's
before
Eve.

The biblical allusion to Adam and Eve suggests that the speaker in this poem feels

 lucky

 lonely

 hungry

 angry

anonymous · Answer

D: Lonely because, Adam didn't have anyone like him before god made Eve, the same with the speaker of the poem, as he/she notices all of the items and animals in his apartment but does not have anyone to hold and their heart aches for someone made for them, as adam did before he had Eve.