I would chose A because hissing has a negative connotation. If this is answer is not correct, I apologize for misleading you. (I also read this book in class)
Answer:
A little girl sat on a bench.
Drenched in rain, face full of sorrow.
I asked her where she came.
<em>From places far away.</em>
<em>From places unknown.</em>
<em>There was my home.</em>
I shared my umbrella, for she was wet.
I dried her up.
She owed no debt.
For she had a hard life.
With hardships and conditions to fight.
Explanation:
Hope this is good.
This is a simile.
Metaphor would have a hidden meaning, an alliteration is when consecutive words start with the same sound or letter, while consonance is using the same vowel inside of a word in numerous consecutive words. None of those fit this.
In my opinion it relates to athletes only because it talks about winning victory and then at the end of the poem it explains how you will soon be forgotten by saying "the name died before the man."
