What is the rhetorical device used in the poem "the rainy day"

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused

If one writes logically, he will prove his point. is this sentence correct or contains an unwarranted shift in person?