The following text is from the 1915 poem “Serepta Mason” by Edgar Lee Masters, from a book of poems that describes the lives of the townspeople in the fictional town Spoon River.My life's blossom might have bloomed on all sidesSave for a bitter wind which stunted my petalsOn the side of me which you in the village could see.From the dust I lift a voice of protest:My flowering side you never saw!Ye living ones, ye are fools indeedWho do not know the ways of the windAnd the unseen forcesThat govern the processes of life.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To refute the idea that the speaker’s life was full of hardship and paineliminateTo lament about the many difficulties incurred by a natural disastereliminateTo rail against the lack of care the speaker felt from the village regarding her many hardshipseliminateTo describe the misfortunes that occurred in the speaker’s garden

“Lines Written in Early Spring” is a 1798 poem byWilliam Wordsworth. In the poem, the speakerdescribes having contradictory feelings whileexperiencing the sights and sounds of a springday: _______Which quotation from “Lines Written in EarlySpring” most effectively illustrates the claim?A) “Through primrose-tufts, in that sweet bower, /The periwinkle trail’d its wreathes; / And ’tis myfaith that every flower / Enjoys the air itbreathes.”B) “The budding twigs spread out their fan, / Tocatch the breezy air; / And I must think, do all Ican, / That there was pleasure there.”C) “The birds around me hopp’d and play’d: / Theirthoughts I cannot measure, / But the leastmotion which they made, / It seem’d a thrill ofpleasure.”D) “I heard a thousand blended notes, / While in agrove I [sat] reclined, / In that sweet mood whenpleasant thoughts / Bring sad thoughts to themind.”

The poem begins with a peaceful depiction of summer idleness but ends with a reflection on the presence of cruelty and suffering in the world. This contrast between the tranquillity of nature and the harshness of human behaviour creates a sense of irony, highlighting the complexities of life.

How does the poet speak to the wind—in anger or with humor? You must also have seen or heard of the wind “crumbling lives”. What is your response to this? Is it like the poet’s response?

Ode to the West Wind is a 1819 poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem conveys the speaker's longing to spread his ideas as widely as the wind: ______10Mark for ReviewABCWhich quotation from Ode to the West Wind most effectively illustrates the claim?A"O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, / Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead / Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,"B"Drive my dead thoughts over the universe / Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! / And, by the incantation of this verse,"C"Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth / Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! / Be through my lips to unawakened earth"D"The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

Read the following short poem and answer the question that follow.              The Wind       (James Stephen)1      The wind stood up and gave a shout,2      He whistled on his fingers and 3      Kicked the withered leaves about4      And thumped the branches with his hand 5      And said he’d kill and kill and kill6      And so he will and so he willQuestion: Write in the answer box four words in the poem that indicate the human qualities given.