My prize is gold aha! do you see it? do you know? i was forced to shape it in squares, so i planted it in love. yes! it's entrenched deep with my secrets, straight in rows. over yonder; just in the sunlight. by the old barn, no not adjacent; i planted this above. aha! do you see it? do you know? it is almost time now. look through. look at. look up. look down. sweetness. oh so sweet, it is all around. my prize-drops of delicious gold on the loosened ground. aha! do you see it? do you know? i'll share my prize with you. we will go through every last stalk but my love, it is almost night and we must retire until the morning light. in the poem, the "prize" is a -- a flashback b simile c metaphor d hyperbole

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Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?

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