They are giving credit to where ever they got their information.
<span>Clark changed from a gangly, uncomfortable child to A. a happy, successful adult.
As opposed to his aunt who practically raised him, Clark changed positively, whereas her transition was quite negative. She changed from an accomplished musician into a farmlady who would never become satisfied about her life again. On the other hand, Clark's transition from a shy kid to a satisfied man is quite a different story.
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Henry Wadsworth is using a poetic technique called enjambment in this excerpt. Enjambment means that you continue your thoughts from one line into the following one, or from one stanza into the next one.
An author can create an adaption by their own imagination or the real facts of something they are writing about in that genre. Adapting to something would be the finishing touches of something an author is creating.