Answer:
in the beginning, you have
"Went with her, and is with her <em>still</em>:"
"Now granite in a granite <em>hill</em>."
there is also
"The golden brooch my mother <em>wore</em>"
"I have no thing I treasure <em>more</em><em>:</em><em>"</em>
these are the uses of assonance in that poem
Answer:
The author is writing the passage to talk about Conrad's life as a black man in Nigeria and the way he feels about the other black people's lives in Nigeria too.
Explanation:
First sentence is the central idea
In this scenario, yes, you should wait. If you know that there is a possibility that you won't even show up and that there will be extra seats anyways, there's absolutely no reason you should rush to buy the tickets and risk wasting money.