Which sentence uses colorful diction to describe a situation?

a. just before leaving for the movie, allie called her best friend to see if he could join her for the funniest comedy of the year.
b. after a long evening of studying, marie walked to the café for a glass of milk and some homemade chocolate chip cookies.
c. john placed a bouquet of yellow tulips on his girlfriend's front porch in the hope that she would see them when she left for school.
d. will sauntered through the botanical gardens, enjoying the sweet scents that wafted from the white lilacs he saw blooming by the pond.

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.