Which of the following best describes the effect of the use of figurative language in the poem? a. the speaker uses metaphors to compare the summer to his beloved, degrading them for being harsh and fleeting. b. the speaker personifies the sun, making it appear like a friendly individual that one would want to be compared to. c. the speaker personifies death to create conflict as he battles death for his beloved. d. the speaker uses high diction throughout the poem to make his relationship to his beloved appear informal. ps: this is from commonlit(the source name is sonnet 18)

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .