What point is the poet making through the figurative language in the first stanza of the poem? a. The speaker wants to bring the subject comfort and warmth.

b. The subject does not have proper clothing to survive the winter.

c. The speaker can afford to give the subject of the poem many gifts.

d. The speaker cannot be there for the subject of the poem when she needs him.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

answer; /// i do believe the correct answer is (c) public education;

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explanation:

a you should do a lion because they are so majestic