Question

Which sentence best summarizes a central idea of this poem? Children may understand more than adults realize. Adults can learn from the way children experience joy. Children appreciate gifts provided by nature. Gifts are better when connected to nature.

Read the poem.

Colored Toys

When I bring to you colored toys, my child,

I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water,

and why flowers are painted in tints

---when I give colored toys to you, my child.



When I sing to make you dance

I truly now why there is music in leaves,

and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth

---when I sing to make you dance.



When I bring sweet things to your greedy hands

I know why there is honey in the cup of the flowers

and why fruits are secretly filled with sweet juice

---when I bring sweet things to your greedy hands.



When I kiss your face to make you smile, my darling,

I surely understand what pleasure streams from the sky in morning light,

and what delight that is that is which the summer breeze brings to my body

---when I kiss you to make you smile.

Which sentence best summarizes a central idea of this poem?


Children may understand more than adults realize.

Adults can learn from the way children experience joy.


Children appreciate gifts provided by nature.

Gifts are better when connected to nature.

Answer 1

Answer: B Adults can learns from the way children experience joy.

Explanation: As you can see in the poem, an adult is seeing the way a child experience great joy and happiness getting toys and playing with them. And in this poem, the adult is the one speaking and says, "When I bring to you colored toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water, and why flowers are painted in tints when I give colored toys to you, my child." The adult is saying how he/she sees how much toys can make children happy.