Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:
SMOKE
Light – winged smoke! Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight:
Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest:
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight, vision gathering up thy skirts:
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun:
Go thou, my incence, upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame,
Henry David Thoreau

The poem deals with ____

The correct option is Fire in the village.

Step-by-step Explanation:
To determine what the poem deals with, we need to analyze the imagery and settings mentioned by the poet, Henry David Thoreau.
In the fourth line, the poet describes the smoke as:
"Circling above the hamlets as thy nest:"
A "hamlet" is a small settlement or a small human village. The reference to smoke circling above the hamlets (villages) like a nest, combined with the later reference to "this hearth" (a fireplace or home fire) in the ninth line:
"Go thou, my incence, upward from this hearth,"
indicates that the fire generating the smoke is coming from home hearths located within a village or hamlet setting. Therefore, the poem deals with fire in the village, making "Fire in the village" the correct answer.