Question

pregunta 1-6
\ghosts of the old year\ is an early 1900s poem by james weldon johnson. in the poem, the speaker describes experiencing an ongoing cycle of anticipation followed by regretful reflection
which quotation from \ghosts of the old year\ most effectively illustrates the claim?
○ \what does this brazen tongue declare, / that falling on the midnight air / brings to my heart a sense of care / akin to fright?\
○ \the snow has ceased its fluttering flight, / the wind sunk to a whisper light, / an ominous stillness fills the night, / a pause—a hush.\
○ \it tells of many a squandered day, / of slighted gems and treasured clay, / of precious stores not laid away, / of fields unreaped.\
○ \and so the years go swiftly by, / each, coming, brings ambitions high, / and each, departing, leaves a sigh / linked to the past.\

Explanation:

Se busca la cita que muestre el ciclo de anticipación por el año nuevo y reflexión arrepentida por el pasado. La opción D menciona que cada año que llega trae ambiciones altas (anticipación) y cada uno que se va deja un suspiro ligado al pasado (reflexión arrepentida), lo que coincide exactamente con el planteamiento. Las otras opciones solo muestran miedo, quietud o arrepentimiento sin la parte de anticipación.

Answer:

D. "And so the years go swiftly by, / Each, coming, brings ambitions high, / And each, departing, leaves a sigh / Linked to the past."