When you compress something you are pushing it into a smaller space. When something contracts, it gets smaller. An example of contraction is when the volume of a mass of water gets smaller as it cools.
Answer:
A = She is upset because she realizes that she craves love, not life in the city.
B = "For she knew now that it was not the great city and its crowds of people she had so eagerly sought; but the pleasant-faced boy, who had made her picture that day under the mulberry tree."
Explanation:
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http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/hopkins/section4.rhtml
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Because she is mourning her own mortality, because man is mortal.