Question

analyze craft and structure \blue squills\ by sara teasdale read the poem \blue squills\ by sara teasdale. then, answer the question(s) which answer best describes the way the stanza structure of \blue squills\ reflects and reinforces its meaning? each stanza develops the speakers thoughts on death and beauty, moving a from an acknowledgment that life is temporary (stanzas 1 and 2) to her plea that beauty save the moment by wounding her (stanzas 3 and 4). each stanza describes a different aspect of the tree and the flower, moving from the whiteness of the b. cherry - bough (stanza 1) to the blue flame of the flower (stanza 2) to the awaking and awareness of death (stanzas 3 and 4). each stanza develops the speakers thoughts on death and beauty, moving from her thoughts about the c. past (stanza 1) to her thoughts about the future (stanza 2) to her preoccupations in the present (stanzas 3 and 4). each stanza describes a different aspect of april, moving from the whiteness of the cherry - bough and d. the blue of the flower (stanza 1) to their flames (stanza 2) to the pain that spring causes her (stanzas 3 and 4)

Explanation:

The poem "Blue Squills" by Sara Teasdale has stanzas that progress from the speaker's thoughts on beauty and the transience of life in stanzas 1 and 2 to her pre - occupations with death and the future in stanzas 3 and 4. Each stanza builds on these themes, moving from the present to the future.

Answer:

C. Each stanza develops the speaker's thoughts on death and beauty, moving from her thoughts about the present (stanzas 1 and 2) to her preoccupations in the future (stanzas 3 and 4)