Question

1. great flower that opens but at night,
2. great city of the midnight sun,
3. whose day begins when day is done.

5.

1. lamp after lamp against the sky
2. opens a sudden beaming eye,
3. leaping alight on either hand,
4. the iron lilies of the strand.

10.

1. like dragonflies, the hansoms* hover,
2. with jeweled eyes, to catch the lover;
3. the streets are full of lights and loves,
4. soft gowns, and flutter of soiled doves.

15.

1. the human moths about the light
2. dash and cling close in dazed delight

question 1:
the fifth and sixth stanzas greatly contrast the previous stanzas because they illustrate
a a gloomy and overlooked part of london.
b dark characteristics of another english town.
c the advantage of other large european cities

Explanation:

First, analyze the stanzas. The fifth and sixth stanzas (lines 6 - 15) describe lights, hansoms (carriages), lovers, and "soiled doves" (likely referring to prostitutes) in a somewhat vibrant but also gritty London night scene. Option A: The description of "iron lilies of the Strand", "soiled doves", and the contrast with earlier stanzas (not fully shown here but the imagery of lights with underlying grittiness) fits a gloomy/overlooked part of London. Option B: The poem is about London (Great City of the Midnight Sun, Strand is a London street), not another English town. Option C: There's no comparison to other European cities in these stanzas. So A is correct.

Answer:

A. a gloomy and overlooked part of London.