Read these lines from the poem again: but the merry days of youth is beyond our controle, and it's hard to part ferever with the old swimmin'-hole. which idea do these lines from the poem illustrate? a. as people grow older, they want to forget about their happy childhood experiences. b. people cannot remember the things that once made them happy as they grow older. c. even though people grow older, they do not forget their happy memories. d. it is difficult for people to explain why things made them happy as children.

C

Explanation:

The whole theme of the piece is the poet remembering what made him happy as a child.  "It's hard to part ferever with the old swimmin'hole" is his way of saying that it's hard for him to forget about said experiences, as he holds them so dearly in his memory. "The merry days of youth," meaning the happy, joyous days long gone.

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the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.