Answer:
miserly
Explanation:
because penny-pinching means "unwilling to spend or share money; miserly; mean."
and miserly means "of or characteristic of a miser."
exp: "his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly $1 million"
<u><em>"The path was rugged and sore"</em></u>
This line is most distinctly descriptive. The other lines do contain imagery, but they require the reader to develop the image, whereas rugged & sore are very descriptive of the path's physical condition.
Paul Laurence departed from tradition poetry in "we wear the mask" because in 1997 a man named "Orlando leift" had his English men come rescue Paul Laurence in the poetry called "we wear the mask".
