The correct answer is letter b.
The excerpt is written in the Simple Past and narrates a series of events that happened in a sequence.
Notice the verbs in the Simple Past : wept, wailed, fell, faded and died.
There is a verb missing in the part " the earth stiff and cold" The verb is grow, the Simple Past form is grew, therefore " the earth grew stiff and cold" is the correct way.
Letter A is wrong because there's a verb missing.
Letter C and letter D " the earth was growing stiff and cold" the verb grow is in the Past Continuos, " the leaves were falling from the sorrowing trees" the verb fall is also in the Past Continous breaking the pattern stablished.
The Origin of the Robin tells the story of a young man who is fasting for twelve days due to the request of his father. The man begs to end his fast after nine days, but his father convinces him to continue. At the end of the fast, the father brings his son a meal but his son darts away, having become a red-breasted robin.
Analogy is similarity between things.
In this case, an analogy is the last example - Apple is to tree as grape is to vine.
Pathos is a Greek word that refers to suffering or pain, so "emotional" would be the best fit here.
Hope that helped =)
B) "You should tie the wings back so they do not burn in the oven."
Using I makes a sentence 1st person person perspective and using she makes it third person.
