Answer:
The answer is a) The sentence gives an example of connotation, because it uses the word bear to suggest that the hike was extremely difficult.
Explanation:
Connotation is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. Here bear suggest the hike on this kind of terrain was very difficult, impossible to bear.
Both poems from different authors include a point of view of aging.
I look into my Glass by Thomas Hardy talks about himself and how he notices the big change he had as he was growing old, he talks about his feeling and how they're still the ones he had once as a young man.
When you are old by William Buttler Yeats talks about his beloved one and the kind of love people may have towards her, this poem was written way before she was old but it is possible that it was a thought about the years to come.
