To find the theme of "the pursuit of happiness," the reader should a) study any statistics, facts, and reasons in the poem. b) look for ways the poem tries to persuade the reader. c) locate the message that the poem conveys to the reader. d) look for supporting evidence that backs up claims in the poem.

The correct answer is C) locate the message that the poem conveys to the reader.

The theme is the underlying message or life lesson the author conveys in their work. In order to locate the message in the poem, the reader would need to think, "what is this story trying to teach me?"

(C)

Explanation: locate the message that the poem conveys to the reader.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.