If you are unsure whether a group of words is a clause<span> or </span>phrase<span>, break down the words into the parts of speech to help you decide. If there is a subject and a verb with a predicate, it is a </span>clause. If there is a noun but no verb or a verb but no noun and does not have a predicate, it is a phrase<span>. therefor it is B</span>
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Based on the system of elimination, I would choose - the first is a fantasy but the second is reality (could really happen).
In the first sentence, the poet wishes that the trees are bent due to a boy playing there and swinging on the branches. But the second sentence shows a possible reality, where the cold weather is the one that destroys the birches.