Which of the following best explains the purpose of argumentative writing? to entertain the reader with an interesting idea
to upset the reader with a controversial topic
to convince the reader that an assertion is correct
to inform the reader about an important subject

The poem is an unconventional sonnet; it develops a main idea in the first twelve lines, and is capped by a big thought in the final couplet. the poem follows a narrator describing the industriousness of nature’s creatures, preparing for the coming spring. all of creation is at work, but the speaker is sullen as the only creature he can see who finds himself without an occupation.