What do the stanzas in "a psalm of life" have in common?
a) they explain the different parts of a thing.
b) they show stages in a thought process.
c) they display different sides of a problem.
d) they show the events of a narrative.

The answer would be B.

Explanation:

In the stanzas you can tell that they start to show the stages of a thought process, for example, "Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time."

The correct answer is:

B. They show stages in a thought process.

The stanzas in "A Psalm of Life" show stages in a thought process.

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).