Which sentence from the passage shows that the author has compassion for the plight of the elephants

It appeared to me that if the elephants were  heart-broken, and in despair at the apparently  interminable mountain pass, it would be advisable  to let them know the actual truth...​ (I think I did this assignment a while back)

Explanation:

This is because, for the author to have acknowledged that the elephant might be heartbroken shows that, the author has compassion for the plight which the elephants are subjected to.

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.