Which is an example of a verb phrase in the sentence "Saundra could have taken the easy route, but she focused on the reward of better physical fitness and ran up the hilly road instead of the flat road."?

A)
she focused

B)
could have taken

C)
the hilly road instead

D)
None of these are verb phrases

Imagination! who can sing thy force? or who describe the swiftness of thy course? soaring through air to find the bright abode, th' empyreal palace of the thund'ring mode, we on thy pinions can surpass the wind, and leave the rolling universe behind: from star to star the mental optics rove, measure the skies, and range the realms above. there in one view we grasp the mighty whole, or with new worlds amaze th' unbounded soul. what does the speaker compare imagination to in the poem? a. a soaring bird b. the sky c. a cloud d. a sailing ship