Question

What is the best summary of this stanza: The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's Fall. A. Seasons change. C. People's emotions can change like the seasons. B. Everything is subjected to change. D. It's sad when flowers die.

Answer 1

The best summary of this stanza is C. People's emotions can change like the seasons.

This stanza talks about the spring flowers that fade and the fertile spring fields which also wither up during winter. Likewise, people's emotions can change and even a hot love can "wither" as time passes and become cold like winter. So, in this stanza the passing of time and seasons is compared to the change of human emotions.