In the poem the sunflower watches the sun travel across the sky. It says that it "countest the steps of the sun". Then mentions "the traveller's journey is done". It shows the passage of time and the aging of the speaker who is now looking back on life.
Options A and E are completely wrong and can be eliminated immediately. Option C, while describing the natural world, does not use the sunflower to symbolize it. We also do not see evidence of Option B, a search for enlightenment.
<span>"Ah! Sunflower" is actually a poem that was written by William Blake, and based on the poem above, what the term "sunflower" symbolizes is someone who is desiring for mental and spiritual enlightenment. The answer to this would be the second option.</span>
Allusion is when a writer points to a piece of art from a previous time period and understanding this allusion requires the reader to have knowledge of the work of art. Here, the reader needs to know the story of Midas in order to understand the allusion.
