Question

read the poem. there are 20 lines in the poem. the poem is numbered every 5 lines. from summer magic so many cares to vex the day, so many fears to haunt the night, my heart was all but weaned away from every lure of old delight. then summer came, announced by june, with beauty, miracle and mirth. she hung aloft the rounding moon. she poured her sunshine on the earth, she drove the sap and broke the bud, she set the crimson rose afire. she stirred again my sullen blood, and waked in me a new desire. before my cottage door she spread the softest carpet nature weaves, and deftly arched above my head a canopy of shady leaves. her nights were dreams of jeweled skies, her days were bowers rife with song, and many a scheme did she devise to heal the hurt and soothe the wrong. (from \summer magic\ by lealie pinckney hill) 1. the speaker longs for summer to make the sun shine and the plants grow. 2. troubles will return, but summer lets the speaker forget them for a short time. 3. the speaker gains a feeling of happiness when summer makes the earth beautiful. 4. for the first time, the speaker notices the many changes brought by the summer season. part b which excerpt from the poem best supports the correct answer from part a? 1. \she drove the sap and broke the bud, she set the crimson rose afire.\ (lines 9 - 10) 2. \before my cottage door she spread the softest carpet nature weaves.\ (lines 13 - 14) 3. \and deftly arched above my head a canopy of shady leaves.\ (lines 15 - 16) 4. \and many a scheme did she devise to heal the hurt and soothe the wrong.\ (lines 19 - 20)

Explanation:

In Part A, the idea that troubles will return but summer allows the speaker to forget them briefly is best supported by the lines in Part B that suggest summer has a healing and soothing quality. Lines 19 - 20 "And many a scheme did she devise To heal the hurt and soothe the wrong" imply that summer helps the speaker deal with negative feelings, which aligns with the idea of forgetting troubles for a short - time.

Answer:

Part A: 2. Troubles will return, but summer lets the speaker forget them for a short time.
Part B: 4. "And many a scheme did she devise To heal the hurt and soothe the wrong." (Lines 19 - 20)