Read the passage. To Waken an Old Lady by William Carlos Williams Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind— But what? On harsh weed stalks, the flock has rested, the snow is covered with broken seed husks, and the wind tempered by a shrill piping of plenty. What do the small cheeping birds symbolize in this poem? A. youth
B. strong winds
C. snowy weather
D. wisdom