Question

Read this except of "From Blossoms":
From laden boughs, from hands,
f n sweet fellowship in the bins,
comes nectar at the roadside, succulent
peaches we devour, dusty skin and all,
comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.
Which word helps create a positive mood?

A. sweet

B. dust

C. bins

D. devour

Answer 1

I think it’s A. Sweet

Answer 2

Answer:

A. sweet.

Explanation:

In the poem "From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee, the poet discovers and dwells on the beauty of peaches. He uses the fruit to represent human life that is slowly fading away, just as fruits ripen and then shrivel up. Likewise, Lee uses his poem to talk about the importance of dwelling in the 'living' an dnot think about death that is surrounding us everyday.

The given passage from the second stanza of the poem details how the peach fruit gives "sweet fellowship" to the one "devouring" it. Aside from the negative words used in the lines such as "devour, dusty skin, dust" etc, the only word that helps create a positive mood in the stanza is the "sweet"  taste of the fruit.