10 There are 20 lines in the poem. The poem is numbered every lines. from Summer Magic So many cares to vex the day. 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 Pinchney Hill 20 15 This question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B. Part A What is the central idea of the poem? 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. Part B Which excerpt from the poem best supports the correct answer from Part A? 1. "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