PART A: Which statement best identifies a theme of the poem? A. Small comforts can lessen the pain caused by tragedy. B. A single tragedy can make you sensitive to the possibility of future tragedies. C. While tragedies may occur infrequently, that doesn’t lessen the pain. D. It is important to stay strong in the face of tragedy.

I would say it is B or A

Explanation:

I think it is B because she starts to think about future tragedies after holding her dead baby

"And a dozen new accidents turn over in their sleep waiting to happen"

However if I were to say the next likely choice I would say A because

she talks about the smell of flowers being anesthetic or something to relieve pain in a sense, along with the fact that she emphasizes the fact that is is spring.

"The smell of cut flowers encloses this room, insistent as anesthetic, it is spring"