Information and IdeasEasy–MediumQuotation supporting a claim about mood
Information and Ideas practice question
A critic claims that the poem's final stanza is hopeful.
Which quotation from the poem best supports the critic's claim?
- A. "Yet even now the first green blade / splits the frozen field."Correct
- B. "The wind has stripped the last leaves from the elm."
- C. "We counted the days by the length of the shadows."
- 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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