Answer:
1.It makes an overly general statement about people.
2.It claims that “out with the old, in with the new” has caused people to stop loving antique architecture, without providing any evidence.
Explanation:
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The correct answer is the second one “an absence of love or passion.” In the poem, the general intention of the author is to describe his feelings about the love/passion that it is leaving his life. The sentence “dead leaves and snow”, is the way in which he introduces the absence feeling that he is going through. The birds, as well as the leaves of the tree, are metaphors of love, which are abandoning the tree (his life).