The answer to that is Denotation.
1. The two things being compared in the poem are <u>fog and cats.</u> The author is talking about the mist, fog which is creeping up on the world like a cat with her tiny feet.
2.The statement that offers the best comparison of the two poems is that <u>Each poem deals with the poet's feelings after the separation from a loved one.</u> Their lovers are gone, and they want to express their emotions, which are sad and gloomy, through their poetry.
Answer:
A. to stop them from exposing her as a liar
Explanation:
She wants them to believe that she knows withccraft and terrifies them into believe so to they won´t expose her as a liar, she wants them to be affraid of her so she can do as she wishes. Abigail wants to kill John Proctors wife, and she doesn´t want the girls to tell what happened in the forest, where she allegadelly drank a potion to kill proctor´s wife, so she threatens them so they won´t tell a thing.