I rode to my Grandmothers house on the bus
The symbolic meaning of gold in the poem is best described by option C. The wonderful things in life that do not last.
In the poem, gold is used to describe the transition of nature from one state to another. Everything that is colored gold does not last long, that is why it is said that nothing gold can stay. Here, we get the idea that we should get the most of these valuable "things" before they are no longer there.
Two main factors: The Norman invasion and political unification. The Norman invasion introduced a great many French loanwords, some 40% of English vocabulary by Chaucer's time.
The main idea of the following passage from ''In Commemoration: One Million Volumes'' is C. The stories told by los viejitos inspired Anaya's love of words and book. Tone and writing style of this excerpt express an inspiration of someone, in this case - Anaya's admiring of words and book.
