It explores nature and captures the essence of a moment.
The line that best paraphrases the excerpt is A. And when I think that I’ll never see you again, beautiful creature (...).
To paraphrase is to express the meaning of something by rewording it in a different way. Both the excerpt and option A express the same: that the poet is considering the possibility of never looking at the beautiful "creature" again.
Answer:
Mama is the antagonist
Explanation:
because she finally wins the fight against the Hairy Man
