The metaphor for life in this poem is a game of Monopoly with no winner. The poem describes a situation in which, through the process of trying to beat out the other competitors in the game, no player ultimately wins (see the "Crabs in a Bucket" metaphor for a similar idea).
The best answer among the following choices is the second option B) Romanticism.
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The white people were disappointed in him and the black applauded his statement
