The blue dress, fraying at its seams, snagged on the brambles in the dark woods.

what is the participial phrase in the sentence?
a.
the blue dress
b.
snagged on the brambles
c.
in the dark woods
d.
fraying at its seams

the swan might be a metaphor for our soul, which is ancient and timeless. the speaker wants to know where it's going and what it wants, what's the purpose in life. he asks our soul to follow him in knowing that god is us and the answer to the question "who am i" that was written on the wind of god's whim to know himself that blew over his being in the beginning of creation. and to connect to god consciously on the path to knowing him is the joy of loving him, like a bee that will grow and end our sorrows by ending desire. in that connection there is no doubt about god and existing forever.

the correct answer is the name of the author of the quotation appears at the text leading up to it   apex 2018