Answer:
B
Explanation:
When plugged into the sentence, it would be Robert has been ill for three weeks. He's still in the hospital. Had been and was both reference that Robert had been ill in the past, so that wouldn't work as he's still ill in the present. As for C, it frankly just doesn't work or make any grammatical sense whatsoever.
B, since none of the other answer choices seem correct.
<span>It is D, since a counterclaim is the opposite of the claim to take all viewpoints into consideration.</span>
"His native home deep-imaged in his soul.
As the tired ploughman," homer's odessey
I'm not to sure, but I think that it is comparing the ploughman to his soul