Use the poem to answer the question.
(1) We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—
But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,
We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;
And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.
(2) We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;
And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,
From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;
And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.
(3) We were very tired, we were very merry,
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
We hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head,
And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;
And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears,
And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.
Which of the following describes a difference among these three stanzas of “Recuerdo”?
A new character is introduced at the end.
There are three pairs of rhyming lines in only two stanzas.
Only one stanza details the narrator's day.
The first two lines repeat in each stanza.
The first two lines repeat in each stanza.
Only one stanza details the narrator's day.
The correct answer is: Only one stanza details the narrator's day.
In the first stanza, the narrator describes their experience of being tired and merry after spending the night on a ferry. The second stanza focuses on the narrator and someone else eating apples and pears, and the changing weather. The third stanza introduces a new character, a mother, and describes the interaction with her and giving her money. So, only one stanza (the third one) details the narrator's day.
The correct answer is: Only one stanza details the narrator's day.
In stanza 1, the narrator describes their experience of being tired and merry after spending the night on a ferry.
In stanza 2, the narrator mentions eating an apple and a pear, and observes the changing weather as the sky becomes wan and the wind turns cold.
In stanza 3, the narrator greets a shawl-covered head, buys a morning paper, and encounters a woman who is moved to tears by their gift of apples and pears, resulting in giving her their remaining money.
Thus, only stanza 3 provides details about the narrator's day, while stanzas 1 and 2 focus on different aspects of their experience.