Question

question 3: the poet expands his comparison between london and a flower by a citing english poems with plant themes. b depicting the people as different insects. c describing the floral scents of the city. d including details about nocturnal pests.

1. great flower that opens out at night.
2. great city of the midnight sun.
3. whose day begins when day is done.
4. lamp after lamp against the sky
5. opens a sudden beaming eye,
6. leaping alight on either hand.
7. the iron lilies of the strand.

9.
10.

1. like dragonflies, the hansoms* hover,
2. with jeweled eyes, to catch the lover;
3. the streets are full of lights and loves,
4. soft gowns, and flutter of soiled doves.

15.

1. the human moths about the light
2. dash and cling close in dazed delight,
3. and burn and laugh, the world and wife
4. for this is london, this is life!

Explanation:

The poem compares London to a flower by depicting people as insects like moths around the light. This expands the comparison. Options A, C, and D do not relate to the expansion of the London - flower comparison in the given text.

Answer:

B. depicting the people as different insects