Read the passage:

i dwell in possibility --
a fairer house than prose --
more numerous of windows --
superior -- for doors --

what is the effect of the extended metaphor in the passage?
a. it sustains the image of living.
b. it sustains the image of the house.
c. it sustains the image of possibility.
d. it sustains the image of prose.

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death