The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1910 poem "The Earth's Entail."

No matter how we cultivate the land,
Taming the forest and the prairie free;
No matter how we irrigate the sand,
Making the desert blossom at command,
We must always leave the borders of the sea;
The immeasurable reaches
Of the windy wave-wet beaches,
The million-mile-long margin of the sea.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.

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The speaker argues against interfering with nature and then gives evidence supporting this interference.

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The speaker presents an account of efforts to dominate nature and then cautions that such efforts are only temporary.

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The speaker provides examples of an admirable way of approaching nature and then challenges that approach.