Read the following excerpt from the poem “the west wind” by john masefield:
it's a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine,
apple orchards blossom there, and the air's like wine.
there is cool green grass there, where men may lie at rest,
and the thrushes are in song there, fluting from the nest.
what two characteristics does this poem share with romantic works? an admiration for nature the depiction of extreme emotions a sense of longing for rural surroundings the use of rhyming verse.

The correct answers are A) an admiration for nature and C) a sense of longing for rural surroundings.

The two characteristics that this poem shares with romantic works are the following: an admiration for nature and a sense of longing for rural surroundings.

The poem “The West Wind” was written by John Masefield. AS part of the Romantic Poems, "The West Wind" expresses a deep admiration for the elements of nature and a nostalgia for the woods. Romantic poetry received the influence of the Enlightenment ideals of the 1700s. Poems in Romanticism focuses on the expressions of emotions instead of reason or logic.

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.