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The answer is: satire.
Swift´s essay makes a satirical argument about the poor Irish people of his time, stating that, in order to ease their economic troubles, they should sell their offspring to rich people as food. Swift´s point was to mock the rampant economic rationalism that was blooming in his days as well as mocking rich people´s attitude towards poverty, especially, back then, the Irish population´s poverty.
Probably b, i cant remember the story that well
Ok, so I'm going to try my best to answer this.
My best guess would be how he said that he was able to see his answer through whoever he is talking to, then lose it again. He understood and got something, then lost it's understanding. I sincerely hope this helps.. I'm sorry I'm not very good at explaining. ^^;
The answer is A. relating to the literal meaning of a word
