Part A

What inference can be drawn from "To Autumn"?

Autumn is a sad season, and the autumn of life is equally sad.
Autumn is a peaceful and abundant season, full of natural beauty.
Autumn is a beautiful season, but spring is much preferred.
Autumn is simply a precursor to winter, and the autumn of life is a time of grief.

Question 2

Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

"Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;"
"Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—"
"And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook; . . .
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours."
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness . . .
Conspiring . . . how to load and bless
With fruit the vines . . .
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core."