I believe the answer is D) to show that he had lingered so long by the door, the wife felt that he had been there more than an entire day.
Answer:
It introduces an ominous tone that accentuates how dreams create anguish.
Explanation:
Some of the words from the stanza say that dreams are as irretrievable as sand, it goes further to say that it's long knife glittering in its teeth. This tone shows that dreams have the power to create anguish. It gives off a tone with the impression that causes us to worry that something bad or evil is about to happen as we read through the stanza, especially the part where he knife is described to claim it's patrimony.
Little? The definition of meager “lackingbin quantity or quality” makes it seem like little. Try using the choices to replace meager and see if it makes sense. Hope it helped
She probabley hates people and has never seen any one like myself