THE CORRECT CHOICE IS (D). DON’T RELY ON YOUR MEMORY OF WHATAROUND...

The correct choice is (D). Don’t rely on your memory of what

you think you read. Check the text, and you will find that the

correct response is choice (D), “that cloud.” Choice (A) is too

early in the poem to refer to the All-Father, who is not intro-

duced until the sixth stanza. Choice (B), “the mound in sweet

Auburn,” refers to the child’s grave. Choice (C), “the leaden

sky,” might appear to be a possibility, but upon reading the

cited line and those around it, you will find that the image refers

either literally to the sky or metaphorically to the father’s frame

of mind when the child was buried. Choice (E), “the snow that

husheth all,” is a work of the All-Father. Choice (D), “the cloud,”

refers to the beneficence of the All-Father who brought healing

and distance through patience to the sorrowing father.