How does the poem portray labor?
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Correct answer: As spiritually valuable and dignified
Honest labor is portrayed as spiritually valuable and dignified in the poem. Langland links physical work — particularly plowing the half-acre — with moral responsibility, social order, and the path to salvation.
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