It interprets emotion. I don't know what the statements are but this is pretty much the reason people write poems.
C. The man was a slippery snake, who always managed to slither out of trouble.
Reason being the definition of a metaphor is: a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
Where is the excerpt? If you could let me see it I could help you.
Answer:
He does not take the political opinion of his opponent in to account
