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DIRECTIONS: Read the following poem carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow. POEM - 1 I lay in sorrow, deep distressed: My grief a proud man heard;                 His looks were cold, he gave me gold But not a kindly word. My sorrow passed?I paid him back The gold he gave to me; Then stood erect and spoke my thanks And blessed his Charity. I lay in want, in grief and pahi: A poor man passed my way; He bound my head he gave me bread He watched me night and day. How shall I pay him back again, For all he did to me Oh, gold is great, but greater far Is heavenly Sympathy! Which word in the poem means "giving money to a person who is in need"?

A) charity  

B)                      sympathy

C) kindness                      

D) distress