In this excerpt, swift briefly drops the satirical mask to reveal
a. real solutions for ireland's poverty-stricken
b. important lessons from ireland's past
c. long-held grudges against ireland's government
d. further uses of the poor for ireland's benefit

Swift briefly drops the satirical mask to reveal real solutions for Ireland's poverty stricken.

Option A.

Explanation:

A Modest proposal has been written by Jonathan Swift. In this, he speaks about the problem of poverty in Ireland which is a huge problem. He uses satire to express his views about the problem.

Like one way that he talks about the poverty is that he says that the poor people of Ireland should sell their kids to the rich people to get rid of the burden of their children. But then he actually speaks about some of the ways and solutions with which this problem can be solved.

answer: first person

explanation:

which one is underlined?