Question

This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer

Part B.
Part A
What is the central idea of the poem?
1. The speaker longs for summer to make the sunshine and
the plants grow.
2. Troubles will return, but summer lets the speaker forget
them for a short time.
3. The speaker feels happy when summer
makes the earth beautiful.
4. For the first time, the speaker notices the many changes
the summer season brings.

Part B
Which excerpt from the poem best supports the correct answer
from Part A?
1. "She drove the sap and broke the bud,
She set the crimson rose afire." (Lines 9-10)
2. "Before my cottage door she spread
The softest carpet nature weaves," (Lines 13-14)
3. "And deftly arched above my head
A canopy of shady leaves." (Lines 15-16)
4. "And many a scheme did she devise
To heal the hurt and soothe the wrong." (Lines 19-20)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Part A: 2. Troubles will return, but summer lets the speaker forget them for a short time.

Part B: 2. "Before my cottage door she spread
The softest carpet nature weaves," (Lines 13-14)