What is the overall message of this poem?

the fly by william blake little fly, thy summer's play my thoughtless hand has brushed away. am not i a fly like thee? or art not thou a man like me? for i dance and drink & sing, till some blind hand shall brush my wing. if thought is life and strength & breath and the want of thought is death; then am i a happy fly, if i live, or if i die.

a)you should not kill other creatures because they also experience pain.

b)every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.

c)flies live happier lives than people because they are free.

d)flies are important because they teach us to be humble.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader