English

Olivia Black

8 July, 10:59

10.

Read the passage.

To Waken an Old Lady

by William Carlos Williams

Old age is

a flight of small

cheeping birds

skimming

bare trees

above a snow glaze.

Gaining and failing

they are buffeted

by a dark wind-

But what?

On harsh weedstalks

the flock has rested,

the snow

is covered with broken

seedhusks

and the wind tempered

by a shrill

piping of plenty.

How would you summarize this poem?

A flock of young birds becomes frustrated in the snowy and windy weather.

The snowy and windy weather keeps a flock of young birds from flying.

A flock of young birds tries to find something to eat but fails.

Despite the snowy and windy weather, a flock of young birds still manages to eat and survive.