(PLEASE HELP)You have read “Golden Glass” and “There Is a Tree That Stands,” about two boys who want to grow up. Using details from the passage and the poem, write an essay arguing who achieves their goal of growing up more, Ted in “Golden Glass” or the speaker in “There Is a Tree That Stands.” In your essay, be sure to explain the relationships Ted and the speaker have with their mothers and Ted’s and the speaker’s feeling about growing up. Write a well-organized, text-dependent response. Be sure to save time to edit and review your work for complete sentences, spelling, punctuation, and appropriate language.

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.