Answer:
The fictional excerpt is more poetic than the nonfictional excerpt.
Explanation:
This means that the fictional excerpt from "Angel Agnes" is more poetic than the nonfictional excerpt of "The Summer of the Pestilence"
Below are the fictional and non-fictional excerpts referred to in this question:
Fiction: Angel Agnes
For awhile Agnes seemed to be wandering, or perhaps she was dreaming; for her eyes were closed as though in slumber, and a smile like she used to smile, flitted over her pale face, as she stretched out her arms to embrace some one.
Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence
I found that Edmund had come home sick a little while before, with all the symptoms of yellow fever—violent pains in the head and back, a yellow infusion in the eyes, a dark coating down the middle of the tongue, while the edges of the tongue appeared almost raw, and a very rapid pulse.
