How does christina rossetti’s poem “flint” contrast flint with other substances?
a) a string of similes show the value of precious stones, while metaphors highlight the ways in which flint is also valuable.
b) the similes and metaphors celebrate all aspects of nature's beauty, from green grass and blue sky to gray flint.
c) similes and metaphors show the glittery value of the other objects in contrast to the use value of dull flint.
d)the comparisons show the relative value of each item, from shiny diamonds down to the earthy flint.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile