So many cares to vex the day,

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So many fears to haunt the night,
My heart was all but weaned away
From every lure of old delight.
Then summer came, announced by June,
With beauty, miracle and mirth.
She hung aloft the rounding moon,
She poured her sunshine on the earth,
She drove the sap and broke the bud,
She set the crimson rose afire.
She stirred again my sullen blood,
And waked in me a new desire.
Before my cottage door she spread
The softest carpet nature weaves,
And deftly arched above my head
A canopy of shady leaves.
Her nights were dreams of jeweled skies,
Her days were bowers rife with song,
And many a scheme did she devise
To heal the hurt and soothe the wrong.



(from "Summer Magic" by Leslie Pinckney Hill)

Question 1
This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.



,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
What is the central idea of the poem?

Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
The speaker longs for summer to make the sun shine and the plants grow.

2.
Troubles will return, but summer lets the speaker forget them for a short time.

3.
The speaker gains a feeling of happiness when summer makes the earth beautiful.

4.
For the first time, the speaker notices the many changes brought by the summer season.

Question 2
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
Which excerpt from the poem ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, supports the correct answer from Part A?

Question 2 Answer options with 4 options
1.
"She drove the sap and broke the bud,
She set the crimson rose afire." (Lines 9–10)

2.
"Before my cottage door she spread
The softest carpet nature weaves," (Lines 13–14)

3.
"And deftly arched above my head
A canopy of shady leaves." (Lines 15–16)

4.
"And many a scheme did she devise
To heal the hurt and soothe the wrong." (Lines 19–20)

Answer 1

Question 1: Part A
What is the central idea of the poem?
Correct Answer: 3. The speaker gains a feeling of happiness when summer makes the earth beautiful.

Question 2: Part B
Which excerpt from the poem best supports the correct answer from Part A?
Correct Answer: 4. "And many a scheme did she devise To heal the hurt and soothe the wrong." (Lines 19–20)