what does the phrase "purpled thy nail" refer to in this excerpt from "the flea" by john donne? cruel and sudden, hast thou since
purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?
a an injury the speaker's beloved incurred as he wooed her
b the shared blood of the speaker and his beloved in the flea
c the loss of the beloved's innocence symbolized by the flea
d the beloved's sudden cruel treatment of the speaker

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme