Question

Read the selection from “Sowing” by Edward Thomas. Then, answer the questions that follow.

It was a perfect day
For sowing; just
As sweet and dry was the ground
As tobacco-dust.

5 I tasted deep the hour
Between the far
Owl’s chuckling first soft cry
And the first star.

In stanza 2, which words should you read together as a single unit?

A. Owl’s chuckling first soft cry / And the first star

B. the hour / Between the far

C. Between the far / Owl’s chuckling first soft cry

D. I tasted deep the hour / Between the far