Question

Read the passage.

Love and Friendship
by Emily Brontë

Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship is like the holly-tree—
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?

The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;

yet wait till winter comes again
And who will call the wild-briar fair?

What clues do these supporting details provide about the poem’s main idea?


The holly-tree is more attractive than the rose-briar.


Friendship is less important than love.


The holly-tree and the rose-briar bloom at different times of the year.


Love lasts when life is good, but friendship lasts even when life is difficult.

Answer 1

Answer: D) Love lasts when life is good, but friendship lasts even when life is difficult.

Step-by-step explanation: A simile is a comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, it uses words like "like" and "as" to make the comparison, and it helps to create an image in the reader's mind. In the given passage the author uses similes to compare love with a wild rose-briar and friendship with a holly-tree. This comparisons helps to support the idea that love lasts when life is good, but friendship lasts even when life is difficult, because it says that the rose-briar is beautiful but only in spring and summer, but the holly-tree is there also in winter.

Answer 2

Clues keeps going back to the point that comparing love and friendship to be two separate things such as friendship is less important than love love last when life is good but friend ship last even when life is difficult.