单选题 Early critics of Emily Dickinson's poetry mistook for simplemindedness the surface of artlessness that in fact she constructed with such ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据“in fact”可推断，所填词应与“simplemindedness”表示相反的意思。cunning灵巧，熟练；狡猾，奸诈。astonishment惊讶，惊奇。vexation烦恼，苦恼。allusion暗示；隐喻；典故。