Read the following passage and answer the question. THIS is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me,—
The simple news that Nature told,
With tender majesty.

Wat does teh underlined metaphor compare?

a poem and a message
a letter and a message
a nature scene and a message
a person and a message

because each is self-sufficient.  

i would pick a. i think this is more of a personal question though.

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.