If i could trade places with him
i would pad the rest of his days
wrap him in gauze and velvet
absorb the shocks and treat his wounds
i would scrub the numbers from his flesh
extinguish the fire and give him back his life

what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above?

a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next.
b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses.
c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than.
d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.