Answer:
1. b 2. True 3. False 4. The second choice.
The written guide the researcher uses in writing the research paper is the "outline" although it should be noted that researches use many different things for guides.
B you would be able to eliminate a and c because it isn't true that it does have any effect on the meaning of the poem and you could tell that personification is used and that it isn't nonsense it's just figurative language