Which lines in this excerpt from "song of myself” by walt whitman indicate that all human beings are equal in the poet’s eyes?
i am the poet of the woman the same as the man,
and i say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man,
and i say there is nothing greater than the mother of men.
i chant the chant of dilation or pride,
we have had ducking and deprecating about enough,
i show that size is only development.

have you outstript the rest? are you the president?
it is a trifle, they will more than arrive there every one, and still pass on.

Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which

Read this statement: "but old fears have a way of clinging like cobwebs." how is this statement related to figurative language? this statement demonstrates personification. this statement demonstrates a hyperbole. this statement demonstrates a onomatoepia. this demonstrates a simile.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.