Each stanza develops the speaker's thoughts on death and beauty, moving 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).
- "Blue Squills" by Sara Teasdale begins conventionally enough. In the first two stanzas, the speaker describes the white blooms that cover the cherry tree, and in the third, he refers to blue squills, which are also flowers.
- She believes that there were millions of Aprils before she was born who enjoyed their beauty, and that there will be many more once she is gone.
This was a sentiment that had been voiced previously and would be expressed again after her death.
Thus the correct option is B.
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The complete question is mentioned below:
Which answer BEST describes the way the stanza structure of "Blue Squills" reflects and reinforces its meaning?
a. Each stanza describes a different aspect of April, moving from the whiteness of the cherry bough and the blue of the flower (stanza 1) to their flames (stanza 2) to the pain that Spring causes her (stanzas 3 and
b. Each stanza develops the speaker's thoughts on death and beauty, moving 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).
c. Each stanza develops the speaker's thoughts on death and beauty, moving from her thoughts about the past (stanza 1) to her thoughts about the future (stanza 2) to her preoccupations in the present (stanzas 3 and 4).
d. Each stanza describes a different aspect of the tree and the flower, moving from the whiteness of the cherry bough (stanza 1) to the blue flame of the flower (stanza 2) to the shaking and shimmering of both (stanzas 3 and 4).