Question

Read the following villanelle, "The House on the Hill" by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Then, answer the question that follows.

They are all gone away,
The House is shut and still,
There is nothing more to say.

Through broken walls and gray
The winds blow bleak and shrill:
They are all gone away.

Nor is there one to-day
To speak them good or ill:
There is nothing more to say.

Why is it then we stray
Around the sunken sill?
They are all gone away,

And our poor fancy-play
For them is wasted skill:
There is nothing more to say.

There is ruin and decay
In the House on the Hill:
They are all gone away,
There is nothing more to say.

Which of the following is the best paraphrase of the bolded lines?

The walls are coming down because of bad weather.
The wind was so strong that it blew the house down.
The wind blows through cracks in the walls and nobody is there.
The windy gray weather is not good for people to enjoy.

Answer 1

C.)the wind blows through the cracks in the walls and nobody is there

Step-by-step explanation:

I took the test

Answer 2

the wind blows through the cracks in the walls and nobody is there

Step-by-step explanation:

it summarizes the whole villanelle in 1 sentence