What does “myself alone remaining still the self it was before” mean?

Which of the following is a synonym for context, as it relates to poetry? select one: a. story b. music c. origin d. author

On one hand, i aspire to an ivy league vocation: 1 professor of the sciences in higher education. 2 but like noble amphibians that thrive on land and in the stream, 3 i've got another world of which i like to gladly dream. 4 some say that it's abnormal; my affections are exclusive. 5 in science, they say, emotions are something quite elusive. 6 line 3 exemplifies which kind of figurative language? a) hyperbole b) metaphor c) onomatopoeia d) simile

In the book hatchet why did brian think searchers would not find him