Question

several questions about this passage. settled in the wild first week of may, good weather to plant steps with rubber boots on, a baseball cap, and of seeds i bought at the feed store in town and cold, the light is steel gray, and the yard is es on the packages vibrate with color. nothing tium flowers right now: deep red, eye - jolting o recite william wordsworths \i wandered have known the poem by heart ever since my was a child: touch i lie e mood, nward eye plitude; th pleasure fills, laffodils, w daffodils. i say the poem and see ns are for them, and planting the flowers is my come back to my yard once more. as i rip open eds into the dirt, i know that these tiny birds, each of whom weighs only a few grams— e of these seeds—have already whirred in erratic s of open water, running the gulf of mexico in a physiologists once insisted they could not do. a argued, cannot go from the yucatán to the author. 2. the phrase compares the flowers to the birds, as they both signal a change of season to the author. 3. the phrase shows how the author has made the wordsworth poem a meaningful part of daily life. 4. the phrase indicates that the birds are a source of joy for the author, as the flowers were for wordsworth. part b which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from part a? 1. \i have known the poem by heart ever since my father taught it to me\ (paragraph 2) 2. \i say the poem and see hummingbirds.\ (paragraph 3) 3. \planting the flowers is my gesture of faith\ (paragraph 3) 4. \and another spring has begun.\ (paragraph 4)

Explanation:

In Part A, the text implies that the birds are a source of joy similar to how flowers were for Wordsworth. In Part B, "I say the poem and see humming - birds" shows the connection between the poem and the sight of birds which supports the idea in Part A.

Answer:

Part A: 4. The phrase indicates that the birds are a source of joy for the author, as the flowers were for Wordsworth.
Part B: 2. "I say the poem and see hummingbirds." (Paragraph 3)