When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay
As ice storms do. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning After a rain.
They click upon themselves As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
What bends the birches to stay down?

Options

A. heavy drops of rain
B. strong currents of wind
C. a storm of freezing rain
D. a stormy weather

Answer

C

Explanation

a storm of freezing rain