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Evolutionists who believe that a line of Tennyson’s poetry refers to Darwin’s theory of evolution are wrong. How do we know this? Firstly, the poem in question was published nine years before Darwin revealed his theory. This implies that Tennyson probaby didn’t know about Darwin’s theory when he wrote this poem. Secondly, looking at the poem as a whole, the line actually seems to refer to a creationist theory of biology. This gives us a different explanation for the line of poetry, totally independent of Darwin.

The claim about the publication dates of Tennyson’s poem and Darwin’s theory supports the conclusion by suggesting that Tennyson was unaware of Darwin’s theory and so could not have been referencing it.

The author never discusses who was involved in developing Darwin’s theory. Like (D), no part of the argument does this.

The claim about publication dates is totally independent from the claim about a creationist theory being dominant in the early nineteenth century. Neither supports the other, they just each support the same conclusion.

This describes the role played by the claim about publication dates. The author uses this claim to cast doubt on Tennyson’s supposed reference to Darwin’s theory by implying that Tennyson had probably never encountered Darwin’s theory.

The author never discusses what influences may have helped to inspire Darwin in developing his theory. Like (A), this is outside the scope of the argument.

The claim about publication dates is irrelevant to Tennyson’s knowledge of evolutionary theories. At most, it implies that Tennyson didn’t know about a single unpublished theory.

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