Poem: How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!

A. The repetition of exclamation marks is part of the poem's lyric structure and conveys that each comparison is highly emotional for the speaker.

Explanation:

In this poem, the use of exclamation marks repeatedly is part of the poem's lyric structure. It actually helps to convey how each comparison is emotional for the speaker.

The speaker compares his separation from his beloved to the desolation of winter. He's been forced to endure the separation. So, such comparison is highly emotional.

he wants to suppress a potential uprising of the animals.

he wants to distract the animals from learning the truth.

he wants to prove to the other animals that he is

powerful

explanation:

i dont care if you mark brainliest cause im not desperate