Question

passage 2 hidden gems by ella wheeler wilcox we know not what lies in us, till we seek; men dive for pearls, but pearls are found on shore. the hidden gems of thought, so rich and black do sometimes rise above the ore. go, dive in the vast ocean of thy mind; o man, far - down below the shallow foam down in the depths and silence thou mayest find rare pearls and secret caches. sink thou as shaft into the mine of thought; be patient, like the seekers after gold; under the rocks and rubbish lie such may bring thee wealth untold. i bleak, bare and wind - blown, without life or warmth in passage 2, reread the second stanza of the poem, on page 1. click or tap one underlined phrase that has the closest meaning to “depths”.

Explanation:

In the context of the poem, "depths" refers to a place of great inward - ness or hiddenness. Among the underlined phrases in the second stanza, we need to find the one that conveys a similar sense of something being hidden or in a deep, inward place.

Answer:

(No underlined phrases are shown in the text provided, so unable to give a specific option. But the approach is to look for a phrase indicating hidden or inward - located things in the second stanza of the poem.)