“A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” is written by
A) John Donne
B) John Milton
C) Adrienne Rich
D) Sylvia Plath
E) Robert Fros
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is A and C only.

To understand why this choice is correct, we can look at the history of the poem title:
1. John Donne (A): John Donne, the preeminent 17th-century English Metaphysical poet, wrote the famous love poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" around 1611–1612 for his wife Anne More before departing for a journey to continental Europe. It was published posthumously in 1633 and is celebrated for its metaphysical conceits, such as comparing the souls of the two lovers to the legs of a compass.
2. Adrienne Rich (C): Adrienne Rich, a major 20th-century American feminist poet, wrote a poem with the exact same title, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," published in 1970. Rich's poem acts as a modern, feminist response to Donne's classic work, exploring themes of separation, language, and personal liberation.
3. Other Authors: None of the other listed writers—John Milton (B), Sylvia Plath (D), or Robert Frost (E)—wrote a poem by this title.

Therefore, since both John Donne and Adrienne Rich authored poems titled "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning", the correct option is A and C only.