This is an explanation of the significance or meaning of a work.

its c because its his point of view

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

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.

i am also pretty sure it is c