This is a narrative poem. It narrates how the day goes for <span>Peggy Ann McKay. You will kn</span>ow that Peggy tries to make excuses so as not to go to school. In the second stanza, she has already mentioned five excuses, "<span>My mouth is wet, my throat is dry./ I'm going blind in my right eye./ My tonsils are as big as rocks,/ I've counted sixteen chicken pox.</span>" At the end though, Peggy discovers that it is Saturday so she suddenly feels well and plans to go out to play.
"Sally sold seashells on the seashore" is an example of an alliteration.
An alliteration is a repetition of the same consonant sound in the beginning for several words in the sentence (e.g. tongue twister)
The author used this analogy to show that the Iroquois Confederacy that the system they used was effective and equal everyone involved rather than just one entity (making them interconnected).
I'd say B) Wordiness. They don't just get the point across - instead, they fully explain every detail.
