Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland rideWearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloomFifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will goTo see the cherry hung with snow. What is the best symbol for something that goes by too quickly? A. The snow on the cherryB. The speaker's ageC. The twisted landscapeD. The fading leaves

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Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland rideWearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloomFifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will goTo see the cherry hung with snow. What is the best symbol for something that goes by too quickly? A. The snow on the cherryB. The speaker's ageC. The twisted landscapeD. The fading leaves

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Drake Henderson · Answer 1

Id say A the snow on the cherry. If we were looking for a literal representation we would say her age but it asks for a symbolic representation and snow goes away quickly.