In the context of sentence 7, the words "one is retired" are best described asAa detail that makes a critical situation even more precariousBa fact that is puzzling to the author and other biologistsCa claim that is of equal concern to scientists and the general publicDan excuse for outdated designs for research projectsEan aside that undermines the point about taxonomy that is being made

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification