Question

How is the third stanza a contrast to the previous stanza?

Options

• The thrush’s song serves as a harbinger of life in the blank landscape

• The song of the thrush is about the arrival of the spring season

• The first stanza is about the germination of a seed

• The poet is awaiting a new era

Answer 1

The thrush’s song serves as a harbinger of life in the blank landscape

Explanation:

The previous stanza presents the winter landscape as bleak and lifeless. Against this desolation, the thrush’s joyful song suggests vitality and the possibility of hope. The poem does not say that the bird sings specifically about spring or that the poet is consciously awaiting a new era.