The correct option is C.
A plateau period refers to a period of time in which there is little or no growth or decline, everything is just stagnant. Looking at the sentence given in option C, it can be seen that the person been talked about is tired of his current position, which means that, he has been in the same position for a very long time; that is career stagnancy.
Answer:
As no options were given to choose from, I would go ahead to explain the words and then suggest another word pair which is Exasperate : Calm
Explanation:
A bristle is thin and stiff strand of animal or human hair. The stiffness arises when the animal or person is responding in anger or fear to an external stimuli. This makes the hairs on the animal or person to stand erect and stiff
The word 'Relax' on the other hand connotes calmness and rest and is the opposite state of being bristle or angered.
Another word pair that best completes the analogy would be Exasperate : Calm
B) because you’re trying to show the long term effects so you’d need a timeline
If we were to remove the final two lines, we could say that this poem was just about love