But, leathery hands full of wet brown life,
knee deep in the summer
roadside grass,
he just smiled and said
they have places to go to
too.

Why does the author most likely use the figurative language "they have places to go to too”?

to show that Grampa respects the toads as living creatures
to prove the toads do not really have anywhere to go after all
to demonstrate that the toads have a busy night ahead of them
to compare the toads to the conditions they face that night

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

the bazaar because it represents the inaccessible land of freedom to the narrator. mangan’s sister because she represents domesticity and routine to the narrator. the marketplace because it represents the suburban lifestyle to the narrator. the church because it represents spiritual healing and renewal to the narrator.

c. "but thy eternal summer shall not fade" (line 9)