Answer:
He thinks that his taxes pay for the prisons and workhouses, so he thinks that he doesn't need to donate anything to charity. And he suggests that if they would rather die, "they had better do it".
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
A, it seems to be more about two siblings, not friends.
B. its the complete opposite of that
C. In passage 2, family is never mentioned
D, A little girl who wants to be like her older sister (assuming it's a sister) and a boy adventuring out into the world, turning into a man.
I believe that it is a metaphor because metaphors compare things without using the words like or as.
Which poem? are you in the plato program??