What is the relationship between life and eating peaches in Li-Young Lee's poem "From Blossoms"? A. The life should not be wasted in the act of eating peaches. B. That peaches help us lead long and healthy lives. C. That both should be fully enjoyed. D. That both are messy and require a lot of cleaning up.

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C peaches are sweet and make you happy life should be sweet and make you have joy.

Answer: The right answer is the C. That both should be fully enjoyed.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the poem describes the joy of the speaker—and those who accompany him—while he devours succulent peaches, so options A and D should be unhesitatingly discarded, since his words are highly commendatory of peaches, and there is no reference to them being messy—certainly not for him. In addition, he associates eating peaches with those days when we feel almost immortal ("There are days we live / as if death were nowhere / in the background"), but he does not explicitly say that peaches help us lead long and healthy lives—although peaches are a symbol of immortality and longevity in Chinese culture. The right answer is, therefore, the C. Peaches and the gift of life should be "devoured," "dusty skin and all," and "adore," since they grant us jubilance and joy.