Read the poems.

which statement best describes the differences between these poems?

a. the haiku shares a distinct event in nature, while the romantic poem relays a personal experience with nature.
b. the haiku relies on a kigo to describe a season, while the romantic poem uses patterned rhyme for effect.
c. the haiku uses present tense to share a moment in time, while the romantic poem uses past tense to retell an old tale.
d. the haiku celebrates the solitude of night, while the romantic poem suggests that nighttime leads to suffering.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.