Item 15
Read the poem.

A Robin said: The Spring will never come,
And I shall never care to build again.
A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome,
My sap will never stir for sun or rain.
The half Moon said: These nights are fogged and slow,
I neither care to wax nor care to wane.
The Ocean said: I thirst from long ago,
Because earth's rivers cannot fill the main.--



Which sentence best states a theme of the poem?


The ocean is mysterious and dangerous.


Everyone longs for renewal.


Nature is drab and dull.


The seasons are a beautiful part of nature.