The message of the stanza is to show the relationship between natural elements, represented by the rose, and man-made things, represented by the jar, and how man can tame nature.
Answer B is the one that best paraphrases the stanza because it communicates this same meaning, only with simpler vocabulary.
Answer: D)The wilderness surrounded the jar and seemed no longer wild in the presence of the tall, round jar that was like a port.
Explanation: Paraphrase a text or a sentence consists in expressing the meaning of the text (that can be written or spoken) using different words, it usually has the function to explain the text with clearer vocabulary. The sentence that best paraphrase the second stanza of Wallace Stevens's "The Anecdote of the Jar" is the option D, because it maintains the same idea, just written in a simpler way.
