Which excerpt from billy collins man listening today is the best of course ideas that the speaker uses the music isolate himself?

as if he were right beside me

on this clear day in march,

the pavement sparkling with sunlight

b)metaphor

explanation:

when reading the sentence carefully it says,"hope is a thing with feathers" it's like saying: hope is a thing like feathers

get what i'm saying? instead of using a smilie like or as they use "with"

it would be nice enough if i got .