Read the first stanza of the poem “America the Beautiful” by Katherine Lee Bates.
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Which of the following statements expresses a theme developed in stanza 1?
A.
The phrase “for purple mountain majesties” contributes to the theme of praising America’s physical beauty.
B.
The phrase “From sea to shining sea” contributes to the theme that America is similar from coast to coast.
C.
The phrase “for amber waves of grain” contributes to the theme of America’s abundance of food and how she shares this grain with other countries.
D.
The sentence “Above the fruited plain” contributes to the theme of praising America’s farmers.