Answer:
1) The characters experiences a lot of tramam and bad experiences. They have loved ones that died. Billie Joe is a courageist main characther. The mother Billie Joe and the newborn baby died which gives Billie Joe pain.
2) Authors often employ figurative language to make unfamiliar objects, settings and situations more relatable. Short stories, in particular, rely heavily on figurative language -- such as similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification -- to make the characters and storylines come alive in the reader’s mind.
I'd say a comparative analysis because you are comparing how the two texts are similar. You can also include how they differ as well
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I can’t tell where your third stanza is due to how you typed it. You didn’t make it visible enough to tell.