Munching a plum on
the street a paper bag
of them in her hand

they taste good to her
they taste good
to her. they taste
good to her

you can see it by
the way she gives herself
to the one half
sucked out in her hand

comforted
a solace of ripe plums
seeming to fill the air
they taste good to her

in "to a poor old woman," how does paper bag full of plums act as a symbol?

it represents the simple pleasures that make life worth living, which give the poem its positive tone.
it represents the mundaneness of everyday experience, which conveys the poem's indifferent tone.
it represents the limits of human happiness, which stresses the poem's fatalistic tone.
it represents the great luxuries that people experience only occasionally, which develops the poem's awestruck tone.

what are the choses?

the words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest (:

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

the answer is definitely option c. "sonnet xxxi best illustrates the division. in the octave, the poet observes that the moon is in love. in the sestet, he gives his reaction to the fickleness of woman's love."