Read the following excerpt from the poem "Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay: To what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough.
You can no longer quiet me with the redness
Of little leaves opening stickily.
I know what I know.

Which best describes the effect of the poem's word choice on its meaning?

O A. The words "purpose" and "beauty" suggest that April, and spring in
general, is a source of optimism for the speaker.

O B. The speaker explains that April provides encouragement with its
beauty, which includes the "little leaves opening stickily."

O C. The speaker compares the stickiness of the new red leaves with
the rest of spring's glory to suggest new life

D. The phrase "no longer quiet me" conveys the speaker's indignation
with April, as if she has been tricked by its beauty.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky