Question

Which line best develops the setting of "The Cremation of Sam McGee"?

And that very night, as we lay packed tight
in our robes beneath the snow,
And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead
were dancing heel and toe,






He turned to me, and "Cap," says he,
"I'll cash in this trip, I guess;
And if I do, I'm asking that you
won't refuse my last request."






Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no;
then he says with a sort of moan,
"It's the cursed cold, and it's got right hold
till I'm chilled clean through to the bone.






Yet 'tain't being dead—it's my awful dread
of the icy grave that pains;
So I want you to swear that, foul or fair,
you'll cremate my last remains."

Answer 1

" And that very night, as we lay packed tight
in our robes beneath the snow,
And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead
were dancing heel and toe, "


this is the only stanza that describes the setting of the event

Answer 2

And that very night, as we lay packed tight

in our robes beneath the snow,

And the dogs were fed, and c

were dancing heel and toe,

Step-by-step explanation:

The setting refers to the place, time, and circumstances in which a story or an action takes place. In this case, the line that best develops the setting of “The Cremation of Sam McGee” is option A because it tells us that the characters are in a cold night and that they are packed tight in their robes beneath the snow (the circumstances).