Use the extract below to answer questions Line 1: My heart leaps up when I...

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Use the extract below to answer questions

Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The object of the extract is____?

A. childishness
B. the unchanging cycle of nature
C. the adverse effect of old age
D. human being

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

The object of the extract is childishness, Childhood teaches people the simple lessons they should carry with them for the rest of their lives. Childishness is when you want to feel a childlike sense of wonder upon seeing the natural world every day of one's life.

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