Golden Days by Lizzie Lawson

There are days of summer sunshine,
Of warm and sunny weather,
When the hedge is full of hawthorn
And hills are glad with heather.

There are days of silent sadness,
Of frost, and snow, and rain,
When we fear that summer's gladness
Will never come again.

And now our songs are minor key,
And now in merry tune;
The windward side will change to lee,
And January to June.

Day and night the sun is shining,
Though he may hide his head;
Each cloud has a silver lining,
The flowers are asleep not dead.

Every day may have its playtime
Made bright by cheerful lays;
And life be one long Maytime,
A year of golden days.

Question 1
Part A

In "Golden Days," what is the "silver lining" that people should recognize during the winter months?

People must endure the silent sadness during winter.

Life can be unpredictable.

Spring will return again with new life.

Sometimes it will be cold outside.
Question 2
Part B

Which lines from the poem "Golden Days" best support the answer in Part A?

Select the two correct answers.

"The flowers are asleep not dead."

"The sun is shining, / Though he may hide his head."

"And now our songs are minor key / And now in merry tune."

"There are days of silent sadness."