from first skunk of spring
1 as long as we are able to be out of doors, spring speaks to us of promise, of renewal, of possibility. there are, of course, regional differences in both experience and metaphor. in some places spring happens as slowly as lake ice melts. in other places you go to bed on one winter night, and by dinnertime the next day its summer.
2 here at soul mountain, the country house / writers retreat i am lucky enough to own, i do not work the land, but i do live on it. from my desk i look out on \peanut pond\ as it changes color. today the gray cataract of ice has shrunk to only one end of the pond; the rest dilates with reflective depth, a dark portrait of trees and sky. though im still dug in for the solitary connecticut winter, i can sense the approach of spring. soul mountains spring season starts in march. im preparing the house for the arrival of new guests. i look forward to having a houseful of young poets again. i leave the house maybe only once a day now, to check the mailbox up on the road or occasionally to take my car out of the garage and go buy provisions. the last few days ive heard birds calling from the thicket and thought \oh, springs coming.\ and done a little internal dance.
3 i remember several past springs. when i was teaching in northfield, minnesota, i took my irish setter, piper, for several long walks every day. i remember noticing things one spring that id never noticed before, and wondering whether theyd always been there and id just been blind, or whether the details of this particular spring were different. i remember wondering whether anyone would notice if there were ten or a hundred or a thousand little things that were different this spring, or any spring, and realizing that there would be something new to notice every spring, if i paid attention. had maple trees always had two kinds of flowers? why hadnt i ever noticed this before? were sidewalks littered every march with red
in paragraph 1, the author states that spring speaks of promise and possibility.
which detail from the passage reflects this idea?
1. \i look forward to having a houseful of young poets again.\ (paragraph 2)
2. he world was changing, growing, unfolding, like an infant who learns several new things every day.\ (paragraph 3)
3. \i experienced a double spring that year and recognized for the first time how clearly chronological the sequence of spring is.\ (paragraph 5)
4. \but tennessee trumped connecticut late in the season, with its redbud trees.\ (paragraph 5)

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from first skunk of spring
1 as long as we are able to be out of doors, spring speaks to us of promise, of renewal, of possibility. there are, of course, regional differences in both experience and metaphor. in some places spring happens as slowly as lake ice melts. in other places you go to bed on one winter night, and by dinnertime the next day its summer.
2 here at soul mountain, the country house / writers retreat i am lucky enough to own, i do not work the land, but i do live on it. from my desk i look out on \peanut pond\ as it changes color. today the gray cataract of ice has shrunk to only one end of the pond; the rest dilates with reflective depth, a dark portrait of trees and sky. though im still dug in for the solitary connecticut winter, i can sense the approach of spring. soul mountains spring season starts in march. im preparing the house for the arrival of new guests. i look forward to having a houseful of young poets again. i leave the house maybe only once a day now, to check the mailbox up on the road or occasionally to take my car out of the garage and go buy provisions. the last few days ive heard birds calling from the thicket and thought \oh, springs coming.\ and done a little internal dance.
3 i remember several past springs. when i was teaching in northfield, minnesota, i took my irish setter, piper, for several long walks every day. i remember noticing things one spring that id never noticed before, and wondering whether theyd always been there and id just been blind, or whether the details of this particular spring were different. i remember wondering whether anyone would notice if there were ten or a hundred or a thousand little things that were different this spring, or any spring, and realizing that there would be something new to notice every spring, if i paid attention. had maple trees always had two kinds of flowers? why hadnt i ever noticed this before? were sidewalks littered every march with red
in paragraph 1, the author states that spring speaks of promise and possibility.
which detail from the passage reflects this idea?
1. \i look forward to having a houseful of young poets again.\ (paragraph 2)
2. 	he world was changing, growing, unfolding, like an infant who learns several new things every day.\ (paragraph 3)
3. \i experienced a double spring that year and recognized for the first time how clearly chronological the sequence of spring is.\ (paragraph 5)
4. \but tennessee trumped connecticut late in the season, with its redbud trees.\ (paragraph 5)

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# Brief Explanations:
The statement "spring speaks of promise and possibility" implies new - growth and change. Option 2 describes the world changing, growing, and unfolding like an infant learning new things every day, which reflects the idea of promise and possibility associated with spring. Option 1 is about looking forward to guests, Option 3 is about experiencing a double - spring and the sequence of spring, and Option 4 is about a comparison between Tennessee and Connecticut in terms of spring.
# Answer:
2. "The world was changing, growing, unfolding, like an infant who learns several new things every day." (Paragraph 3)

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