Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
"a gown made of the finest wool
which from our pretty lambs we pull;
fair lined slippers for the cold,
with buckles of the purest gold; (“the passionate shepherd to his love”; lines 13-16)
which statements explain the use of literary techniques in the passage to create an idealized portrait of rural lifestyles? select all that apply.
1.images that communicate wealth, like “finest wool” and “purest gold”
2.a contrast between the corruption of city life and the comfort of the country
3.a metaphor that compares life in the country to the “purest gold”
4.choice of words with positive connotations, like “purest”; “gold”; “fair”; “pretty”; and “finest”

1. images that communicate wealth, like “finest wool” and “purest gold”  

4. choice of words with positive connotations, like “purest”; “gold”; “fair”; “pretty”; and “finest”

Explanation:

In lines 13-16, the shepherd promises to clothe the woman. Her "gown" would be made of the "finest wool." The "slippers" he will make for the woman will be "fair lined", with the buckles of "the purest gold." The shepherd's mistress would deserve all the riches he could provide, so the images that communicate wealth are created by the narrator.

The choice of words with positive connotations also helps create an idealized portrait of rural lifestyles.

english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

explanation:

the answer is b to the question