D. The boat was too far away for the Coast Guard to reach the child.
The second passage uses <span> alliteration for effect</span>
Answer:
C. competitive
Explanation:
The word that describe the poet's feelings in the excerpt lines from "The Children's Hour" is a competitive feeling, the poet is challenging the bue-eyed bandittis that because they scaled the wall does not mean they are of a match to him, even at his old mustache age.
