I think it is C because A is missing commas, B doesn't need them and D doesn't need one.
1.) This oath even forbade me means that this promise even prevented me. The answer is letter C. Since, in a literal sense, oath means promise and forbade means to prevent.
2.) It's more of the second statement - <span>I do not believe that the presidency gives me the authority to abolish slavery. Since in </span>his personal opinion, <span>Lincoln agreed that all slaves should be freed. But he did not believe that "the Constitution gave him the power to free all the slaves". He hoped that could be done slowly, during peacetime.</span>
This poem is about how Louis Simpson is looking for loved one. Through out the entire text he expresses his loss for hope and courage, questioning whether not he should live and love of his departed, and he has tremendous fears of losing his precious memories of his loved one.
Answer:
Extreme Welsh Meter by Gwyneth Lewis, : )