The line, “My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods; time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees,” contains an example of...

Click to read "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now," by A. E. Housman. Then answer the question.Which line(s) from the poem best support(s) the theme that people should take pleasure in nature during their short lives?A.Now, of my threescore years and ten, / Twenty will not come again,B.And take from seventy springs a score,C.And stands about the woodland rideD.And since to look at things in bloom / Fifty springs are little room.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The following text is Robert Frost’s 1921 poem “The Oft-Repeated Dream.”She had no saying dark enough     For the dark pine that keptForever trying the window-latch     Of the room where they sleptThe tireless but ineffectual hands     That with every futile passMade the great tree seem as a little bird     Before the mystery of glass!It never had been inside the room,     And only one of the twoWas afraid in an oft-repeated dream     Of what the tree might do.Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?It establishes the setting as the bedroom of two children.eliminateIt conveys that the tree seems alive from the point of view of the girl in the poem.eliminateIt foreshadows imminent danger that will befall the two figures in the poem.eliminateIt demonstrates the differences in each child’s perception of the tree.

Read this passage:That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 73"Which two things are being compared in the passage?A.Someone in the later stages of life and a tree that has lost its leavesB.A useless old tree and a healthy tree that provides a home for forest animalsC.The renewal of spring and the coming loss of autumnD.The beautiful music of a choir and the lovely song of the birds in the treesSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Click to read "Sonnet 73," by William Shakespeare. Then answer the question.What is the author's message in this poem?A.All people grow old, so it's important to love and be loved while you're alive.B.Fire glows and turns everything to ash.C.During twilight, the sun sets in the west only to rise again in the morning.D.Leaves begin to fall off of trees during the fall.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

he phrase "yellow wood" in the poem most likely symbolizes:a) The changing seasons b) A dangerous forestc) A picturesque landscape d) The passage of time