Question

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Read these lines from the poem and answer the question.

And when you were a tree, you listened to the trees and the tree
things trees told you.

What does the metaphor in these lines imply?

the ability of a poem to convey meanings
the many forms that clouds can take
a stage of growth in the cloud's formation
the relationship between the sky and the earth

Answer 1

The correct answer is D.

While the poem as a whole discusses the many forms that clouds can take, that is not the specific meaning of this metaphor.

The subject of these lines is a cloud; by taking on the form of a tree, the poet indicates the cloud (in the form of a tree) can communicate with actual trees. Therefore, the sky and the earth are linked, as the clouds (the sky) can take the form of the earth (the tree) and in so doing understand it. 

For this reason, this metaphor illustrates the connection between the sky and the earth.

Answer 2

a stage of growth in the cloud's formation