**A Japanese Wood-Carving**
by Amy Lowell

High up above the open, welcoming door
It hangs, a piece of wood with colors dim.
Once, long ago, it was a wavering tree
And knew the sun and shadow through the leaves
Of forest trees, in thick eastern wood.
The winter snows had bent its branches down,
The spring had swelled its buds with coming flowers,
Summer had run like fire through its veins,
While autumn pelted it with chestnut burrs,
And strewed the leafy ground with acorn cups.
Dark midnight storms had roared and crashed among
Its branches, breaking here and there a limb;
But every now and then broad sunlit days
Lovingly lingered, caught among the leaves.
Yes, it had known all this, and yet to us
It does not speak of mossy forest ways,
Of whispering pine trees or the shimmering birch;
But of quick winds, and the salt, stinging sea!
An artist once, with patient, careful knife,
Had fashioned it like to the untamed sea.

Which theme is developed by the idea that the wood-carving has a significant history?

A. The forest is the source of many of the good things in life.
B. A woodworker can tell a compelling story through careful handiwork.
C. Works of art can be deeply connected to the natural world.
D. Birds can represent a life well lived and the pursuit of pleasure.