The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "to convince the reader that Huck’s father has the ability to be funny." Twain’s most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation is to convince the reader that Huck’s father has the ability to be funny<span>
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C. Thomas Paine is the correct answer
At the beginning of the poem, he says why he does not love her. He doesn't love her as if she was a salt-rose, topaz, or carnation, but he loves her as if she was a plant that does not bloom. This means that he does not love her superficially, but he loves her deeply for who she is on the inside.
Flowers are beautiful things that everyone admires, but no one would admire a flower that doesn’t bloom because they could not see the beauty that it contains.
I think it might be D based on my searches