Based on della's actions and feelings, what theme is best expressed in this passage? receiving money makes people happy. making sacrifices for others is unwise because it may not work out well. sacrificing one's prized possession is the only way to achieve happiness. making sacrifices for a loved one can make a person happy.

some sort of sound device i believe.

answer: i chose a.

explanation:

c is the answer because first she would blush to make the reader wonder why which they find out in the next line.

b. the poet identifies with private people.

    in the stanza, dickinson states she doesn't wish to seek fame and recognition from the public eye. nor is she afraid of authority figures, and you can definitely tell she isn't hiding something. more as she identifies with private people, who are not known by the community