Question

Directions: Select the correct text in the passage.

Which line best illustrates a theme of the poem?
excerpt from The Sower
by James Russell Lowell
I heard, as still the seed he cast,
How, crooning to himself, he sung.
15 'I sow again the holy Past,
The happy days when I was young.
20
Then all was wheat without a tare,
Then all was righteous, fair, and true
And I am he whose thoughtful care
Shall plant the Old World in the New.

Answer 1

D. Shall plant the Old World in the New.

Step-by-step explanation:

"Shall plant the Old World in the New"

infers that Lowell is illustrating a theme of his past the old world and bringing it back to the new world in this extract.

We are aware that the sentence "I sow again the holy past" demonstrates the significance of his past to him and his desire to bring it back to the new world.