The red box and the purple bag, because of the use of the colors
The poem is an example of a pastoral poem. Pastoral poems are poems about the country life. Many famous writers like Shakespeare, Virgil, Hesiod, and Theocritus are fond of writing these types of poems. Pastoral poems are often described as pure and innocent. Most of these poems are idealized to a perfect type of country life.
Was waving
You can say it like:
"Every man was waving a flag"
"Every woman was waving a flag"
"Every child was waving a flag"
It also makes sense to say it in present tense
"Every man is waving a flag"
"Every woman is waving a flag"
It wouldn't make sense to say:
"Every man are waving a flag"
"Every man be waving a flag"
