Whom is swift criticizing in this passage? wealthy people who exploit the poor farmers who foolishly breed animals for food children who will not perform useful labor readers who believe whatever swift says

wealthy people who exploit the poor

Explanation:

Although the passage was not provided, Jonathan Swift used irony and sarcasm to make harsh criticism of rich people who exploit the poor.

This passage was probably taken from "a modest proposal" which was one of Swift's most notable works. In this brilliant satire, Swift addresses the misery that plagued eighteenth-century Ireland and mocks the eternal neglect of the rich in relation to the poor, always seen more as animals than as people. Very grateful criticism of the inhuman social policies of the time.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.