Question

To express the importance of living in the present moment, what word does Housman emphasize in the poem?

A. Twenty
B. Cherry
C. Springs
D. Now

Answer 1

Read "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now" by A. E. Housman.

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.

Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.

And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.

Answer 2

What's a synonym for "present moment?"

Answer 3

now

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Is "springs" a synonym for "in the present moment?"

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Answer 6

okay im thinkin bout it if the synonym for present moment is now wouldnt the answer be D

Answer 7

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