The statement above is based on the assumption that improved labour standards, economic achievement and social security are not always possible. The correct option is A. It can be seen from the passage that the collaboration of all countries is needed in order to secure for all improved standards, economic achievement and social security; which means that without collaboration, these things will not be achievable.
The sentence that best describes the symbolic meaning of gold in the poem is The wonderful things in life that do not last.
This poem uses a very important parallel where it shows the word Gold as a precious or perfect thing in this line "Nothing gold can stay". We have another example that talks about how things that we appreciate in life are not eternal and we have to live them when they are happening in the line "Nature's first green is gold".
The other options are not possible because the poem has a constant element of transition from one thing to another which represents temporal things.
Answer: C. It is important to persevere through challenging situations.
Explanation: It is important to persevere through challenging situations best describes the theme in this excerpt.
I would write it, "If we were teenagers at the time, these licenses would have signified our passage to adulthood." I hope that helps ^_^
