Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective correlative” ?

• A. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its meaning.
• B. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its rhetorical aim.
• C. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s theme and its objective historical context.
• D. The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.