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DIRECTIONS: Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.        I saw the fog grow thick Which soon made blind my ken, It made tall men of boys, And giants of tall men. It clutched my throat, I coughed; Nothing was in my head Except two heavy eyes Like balls of burning lead. And when it grew so black That I could know no place I lost all judgment then, Of distance or of space. The street lamps, and the lights Upon the halted cars, Could either be on earth Or be the heavenly stars. A man passed by me close, I asked my way, he said, "Come, follow me, my friend "- I followed where he led. He rapped the stones in front, "Trust me," he said, "and come"; I followed like a child - a blind man led me home. 'It clutched my throat, I coughed' tells us that

A) the poet was suffocating because of the fog

B) the fog and the poet were fighting fiercely

C) the fog held the poet by the throat

D) the poet had a sore throat