Answer:
I think it is b. The speaker is not convicted about this unconventional manner of speaking, and he sees no reason to continue with speaking this way.
Explanation:
hope this helped :)
He is referring to the bird as clumsy because "ungainly" is define as "awkward" or "clumsy" and "fowl" is another word for "bird"
GONE is not suppose to be understood literally, bc the wish did not go, or wznt gone literally... but figuratively..............hope that makes sense..
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