Overall, Thoreau wanted to prove that not everyone will easily flow with the rules of society. As a result, he calls the people who go different paths than the ones of society "different drummers."
In conclusion, your final answer should be A.
<span>The change in an object's position is the definition for displacement</span>
Passive. Assumably, they aren't intently listening, only to relax
This counts as rhythm, the poet uses this to embed this into you mind and also to prove is point. But also there is a meaning to it as well.