Read this excerpt from "Demeter's Prayer to Hades" by Rita Dove: This alone is what I wish for you: knowledge.
To understand each desire has an edge,
to know we are responsible for the lives
we change. No faith comes without cost,
no one believes without dying.
Which statement best explains how the use of figurative language supports the
author's purpose?
A. By saying that each desire has an edge, the author shows that our
ambitions have consequences.
B. "Knowledge" is the primary value that the speaker of the poem holds up
as praiseworthy
C. When she says, "No faith comes without cost," the author implies that
doubt is cowardly
O D. The poet's message to the reader is clear we are responsible for the
lives / we change

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