At the end of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the protagonist Oedipus has gouged out his own eyes and is sent into exile. His wife (and -- spoiler alert -- his mother) is dead, having hung herself.
The poem “From Blossoms” is about summertime. The peaches being eaten in the poem symbolizes how sweet their time is. “From Blossoms” is also about living in the moment. This is emphasized in the poem when it says, “There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background”. Overall “From Blossoms” is a beautiful poem that makes me want it to be summertime.
The most prominent stylistic device in those lines is D. Symbolism. The whole idea of the passage is that the narrator would give up their glamorous life for one where they aren't in the spotlight. They would give up all of the benefits that come with being wealthy just to have privacy. Each situation that is listed, like "I'll give my jewels for a set of bead" represents the willingness to give up the benefits of being wealthy/royal to escape the cost, which is being well-known and not having privacy, having to worry about what people think. In the scenarios the narrator is using to portray this feeling, one thing represents another, which is the definition of symbolism.
A is the answer. It describes her physical state, and her mood through her actions, therefore describing her character.
