2. Which of the following best describes the author's purpose in this address? OA to assure the public that he will remain politically involved if not present OB to apologize for any mistakes in his leadership OC to give some last advice to the American people as president Od to announce that he is finally retiring from the public eye​

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification