Why does Mrs. Farquar like Gideon?

What does the simile add to the passage

Sonnet 57 being your comprehension your servant is the a. speaker b. person addressed in the poem c. husband of the speakers beloved d. beloveds serving woman

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world.what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?