Read the excerpt from "violets." some whispered that a broken heart had ceased to flutter in that still, young form, and that it was a mercy for the soul to ascend on the slender sunbeam. what larger universal idea about life do the mourners’ whispers convey?

The heartbreak of unrequited love is akin to death.

Explanation:

These lines convey the idea that a broken heart due to unrequited love is as painful and as sad as death. We learn that the person being discussed is most likely young and in love. However, her heart was broken because her love was not reciprocated. This was so painful it felt like a death to her, and to those who observed it.

that’s the kind of bug henry was; and if we’d a had him along ’stead of our kings, he’d a fooled that town a heap worse than ourn done.”

i think the answer is d.