Read the excerpt below from "blow, blow thou winter wind" and answer the question that follows.

blow, blow, thou winter wind
thou art not so unkind
as man's ingratitude;
thy tooth is not so keen,
because thou art not seen,
although thy breath be rude.

in the poem, the comparison of the wind to man's character is .
a. a motif
b. an inference
c. an extended metaphor
d. an allusion

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes