At the underlined portion of sentence 4, the writer wants to establish the topic that will be discussed in the rest of the passage. Which choice most effectively accomplishes the writer's
goal?

the correct answer is: d

i’m pretty sure it is the second

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

explanation:

the difference of the poems of walt whitman and emily dickinson is that whitman uses personification, whereas dickinson avoids figurative language. whitman incorporates transcendentalism and realism in his works. on the other hand, dickinson's poems talks about death and immortality.