The answer is c, your welcome
I think its (C) The stock characters are representative of any person in any town.
Elizabeth Coatsworth uses short, quick words in the first stanza of "Swift Things Are Beautiful" because they d. contribute to the ongoing metaphor in Coatsworth's work. In my opinion it's the most correct option.
The correct answer is "the universal topic". Universal topics are non specific themes which can be the main focus of an essay for example, "food", "animals", "friendship", "love", among other. Nonfictional works could be focused of any universal topic, and the author's purpose by writing the work is to elaborate in this topic with her or his readers.