Asked by justin

Read the excerpt from "A Day for Wandering" by Clinton Scollard.

I set apart a day for wandering;
I heard the woodlands ring,
The hidden white-throat sing,
And the harmonic West,
Beyond a far hill-crest,
Touch its Aeolian string.

“Aeolian string” refers to a harp-like instrument that plays when it is placed in the wind. Based on this definition, which statement best describes the speaker’s view of the wind?
The wind is distracting.
The wind is melodic.
The wind is spooky.
The wind is whispering.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The wind is melodic.

The comparison to an Aeolian harp ("Aeolian string") and phrases like "harmonic West" show the speaker hears the wind as producing music.