The answer to the given question above would be the first option. Based on the poem, the "long road” the one which symbolizes the given lines above is <span> personal growth and life journey which is being compared to a long road curved through trouble and joy. Hope this helps.</span>
<span>1. </span><span>Mark had a gift for empathy; he seemed to be able to
relate to anyone’s pain and sorrow. </span>
<span>2. </span><span>Over the summer, many people plan to travel to exotic places,
and play at the beach. </span>
<span>3. </span>The short excerpt uses “I” repeatedly. I would
suggest that she erases the repeated “I” and replace them with something else.
<span>4.
</span>I am guessing that the underlined is “good at
listening and feeling my pain”? I would suggest to replace that with the
word “sentimental.”
<span>5.
</span>A synonym for
“faithfulness” is fidelity.
<span>6.
</span><span>I never thought I would
have to write and deliver the eulogy of anyone, let alone my best
friend.<span> </span></span>
