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The following text is from Maggie Pogue Johnson's 1910 poem "Poet of Our Race." In this poem, the speaker is addressing Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Black author.<br/><br/>Thou, with stroke of mighty pen,<br/><br/>Hast told of joy and mirth,<br/><br/>And read the hearts and souls of men<br/><br/>As cradled from their birth.<br/><br/>The language of the flowers,<br/><br/>Thou hast read them all,<br/><br/>And e'en the little brook<br/><br/>Responded to thy call.<br/><br/>Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?