The two lines that reflect the theme of growth and maturation in this excerpt are: "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun" and "Or by a cider-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours". The first line expressed the theme by two key phrases "mellow fruitfulness" and "maturing sun", as fruitfulness is often use as a theme for spiritual maturity. The second line tell us about "with patient look" and watching the last oozings hours by hours, those are characteristics of elderly people that patiently look how the world around them moves, while they live they last days quietly.
Answer:
the first phrase, "Yes, they are."
I read this book forever ago so I will try my best. The main character meets this on girl and walks her to her house. I remember that he used bright world. This means that the girl was pure in heart. I can't remember but if you find the page it is on then you will see words like feather, white, and other words that go along side purity.
I hope this helps! Have a great day!!
P.S When it refers to a house as "fireproof" it means that there are no books in the house.
Free Verse is the poetic technique used in "and the rainbow apepeared and curled around his shoulder"