C. Satrapi's mother feared for her life.
In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 the U.S. supreme court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. segreation, the court said, was not discrimination.
This would be Descriptive writing.
My best guess:
Option #1. The poem mentions the girl's pure heart, innocent love, and sweet thoughts. This elucidates the impression that (being described as extremely lovely) she is as lovely within as she is without.