And when i could no longer look, i blest his grace that gave and took, that laid my goods now in the dust. this excerpt from anne bradstreet's "verses upon the burning of our house" refers to the biblical verse "the lord gave and the lord hath taken away." job 1: 21 what is it called when an author makes reference to something without explicitly stating it? a. allegory b. metaphor c. allusion d. symbolism