Reread these lines from the poem. and nothing i cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows in all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs before the children green and golden follow him out of grace. how do these lines reflect the theme that time is everyone’s ultimate master? they portray time as ruthless, taking children into adulthood when they least expect it. they show that the speaker didn’t appreciate his childhood until time took it away. they describe time as a musical performer, entertaining children before adulthood. they tell how the speaker feels that he is at time’s mercy and is being led into the dark.

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.