Read the following lines:
On the stiff twig up there
Hunches a wet black rook
Which best explains why the poet actually used the word stiff instead of the
word inflexible?
A. Stiff is a more complicated word than inflexible.
B. Inflexible has more syllables than stiff.
C. Stiff is an unusual word most people do not know.
D. Inflexible is a less interesting word than stiff.