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A critic claims that the poem's final stanza is hopeful.

Which quotation from the poem best supports the critic's claim?

  1. A. "Yet even now the first green blade / splits the frozen field."Correct
  2. B. "The wind has stripped the last leaves from the elm."
  3. C. "We counted the days by the length of the shadows."
  4. D. "The gate hangs open on one hinge."

Answer: A. "Yet even now the first green blade / splits the frozen field."

New growth through frozen ground: hope.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "The wind has stripped the last leaves from the elm."
Loss.
C. "We counted the days by the length of the shadows."
Neutral.
D. "The gate hangs open on one hinge."
Neglect.

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