What tells you that the word "heart" is important in both poems? Analyze word choice, imagery, and
structure.
* The word "heart" is important to each poem's
rhyme scheme and relates to a theme.
O The word "heart" is a stressed syllable in
each poem and part of a key image related to
the theme.
The word "heart" creates an end rhyme in
each poem, and the heart image is concrete
and personal.
The word "heart" appears in enjambed lines
in each poem, emphasizing its importance.

the word “heart is a stressed syllable in each poem and part of a key image related to the theme

Explanation:

The Answer is option B:The word “heart” is a stressed syllable in each poem and part of a key image related to the theme.

Explanation:

If the reader reads the First line  segment of Auspex up to the semi-colon out loud it will clearly be stressed along with the word "it".

Similar to the whole excerpt for A Psalm of Life it could be inferred that the description of that segment is describing the the heart itself

My heart, I cannot still it,

Nest that had song-birds in it;

And when the last shall go,

The dreary days, to fill it,

Instead of lark or linnet,

Shall whirl dead leaves and snow.

— “Auspex”

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

And our hearts, though stout and brave,

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

Funeral marches to the grave.

— “A Psalm of Life“

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.