Read the excerpt from "Nothing but Net." The fountain that was a centerpiece of activity in the
summer was now vacant.
Which word from the excerpt most describes the
setting?
fountain
O that
was
O activity

I agree with Lowell's analysis.

Explanation:

In Lowell's analysis we can see that when we get attached to places we have been and the concepts of hospitality and friendship in that place we tend to expect the same things to happen elsewhere and this will not always be possible. As in the text above, the author talks about the new england having changed with the times and not being the kind and welcoming place he used to know, it seems another totally different and vile place.

We can agree with him, since time really changes places, people, rules and many other things, forcing us to readjust everything again.

An excerpt from the text that proves this is "Mr. Frost’s is not the kindly New England of Whittier, not the humorous and sensible one of Lowell ... where a civilization is decaying to give place to another and very different one. ”