Question

4. Which line best explains why the speaker begins to speak at the end of the poem but then

stops?
A A clap of thunder beyond those hills.
B it hits me that my daughter is a young woman,
Cthe russet and gold of late summer's sunburnt grasses,
D That's the trick in life-learning to leave well enough alone.
5. What does the poet mean by the lines "suddenly everything is a metaphor for how/short a
time we are granted on earth"?

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

The poet's meaning behind saying "suddenly everything is a metaphor for how short a time we are granted on earth" is to symbolize enjoying the little time we have to live. Everything being a metaphor is to show how the meaning of enjoying life can be seen in many things and interpreted in different ways. The poet is saying that little things are becoming reminders of the shortness of life.