Answer:
A. There are several forms of punctuation: periods, commas, semicolons, and colons.
Explanation:
This is the only sentence written with proper grammar.
The grocer didn't notice the thieves enter until it was too late.
If you were playing the piano how did the vase get broken.
The police force still had no idea how they were going to enter the strange cottage without being seen.
My friend got 20 bucks one time
The poet is using a metaphor. Your answer is correct.
Lowell uses a simile in the second and third line: “The world beats dead / Like a slackened drum.”