Question

Click to read "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now," by A. E. Housman. Then answer the question. Which line(s) from the poem best support(s) the theme that people should take pleasure in nature during their short lives? O A. And stands about the woodland ride B. Now, of my threescore years and ten, / Twenty will not come again, C. And take from seventy springs a score, D. And since to look at things in bloom/ Fifty springs are little room.​

Answer 1

Answer:

D.

Explanation:

'Loveliest of Trees, the cherry now' is a poem written by A. E. Housman. The poem is about making the most of the present moment, adoring the nature and take pleasure in it during this short lifespan.

The line in which the theme that people should take pleasure in nature during their short lives is found in option D. The line in option D the speaker states that to take pleasure in nature fifty years is little. The speaker, while writing the poem is twenty-years old and expresses that as average human life is seventy years, he is left with only fifty years to take pleasure in nature, which the speaker considers is less time.

Therefore, option D is correct.