Which best explains why the poern's speaker compares himself to 'a pair of
ragged claws"?
A. He suggests a feeling of solitude by saying he would not mind
being a sea creature.
B. He suggests a feeling of anger by saying he would like to cut
people with his claws.
C. He attempts to make a political statement by comparing a local
leader to a crab.
D. He attempts to confuse the reader by using an image that does
not fit the poem.

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d when mathilde realizes she has lost the necklace

the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

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