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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Aunt Imogen was coming, and therefore

The children—Jane, Sylvester, and Young George—

Were eyes and ears; for there was only one

Aunt Imogen to them in the whole world,

And she was in it only for four weeks (5)

In fifty-two. But those great bites of time

Made all September a Queen’s Festival;

In line 6 of the excerpt, what it the significance of the word bite?

It suggests that time is something to be consumed and enjoyed.
It implies that the visit will have a painful and stinging effect.
It implies that the children are only grudgingly willing to participate in their aunt’s visit.
It suggests that the visit is just a brief sample of a pleasant life.

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