In "mending wall," the speaker refers to his neighbor when he states, "i see him there / bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top / in each hand, like an old-stone savage armed." what does the imagery of these lines suggest?
a. the neighbor's presence, in some primal way, still poses a threat to the
speaker.
b. the neighbor, in an unexpected way, reminds the speaker of himself.
c. the neighbor's arrival, in a funny way, confuses the speaker for a moment.
d. the neighbor, in some mischievous way, is to blame for the crumbling of the
wall.

A. the neighbors presence in some Primal way still poses a threat to the speaker

Explanation:

based on the information given the word savage infers that the writer felt threatened

A. The neighbor's presence, in some primal way, still poses a threat to the speaker.

Explanation:

This is the correct answer because the person was grasping a stone and that meant he was going to do something evil...

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.