Here are some helpful comparisons: -Armed robbery is usually committed by the impoverished trying to survive, bribery and corruption is used by the rich to gain even more advantages over the poor. -Bribery indicates that a far greater web of corruption and crime exists beneath the surface, armed robbery is a unique occurrence that is unaffiliated with the victim. -White-collar crimes often go unpunished and are allowed to continue on, theft is heavily penalized by the judicial system.
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance is personification (giving a nonhuman thing human-like traits) so this is your answer. None of the others options are in the poem anyways even though all the other options are figurative language as well.