Select all that apply. (Multiple Choice)
What skills and ideas do the following lines from “A Thought For A Lonely Death-Bed” contribute to the poem?
O Christ, come tenderly! By thy forsaken Sonship in the red Drear wine-press,--by the wilderness out-spread,-- And the lone garden where thine agony Fell bloody from thy brow,--by all of those Permitted desolations, comfort mine!
A. the poet’s skill with imagery
B. the poet’s skill with personification
C. the poet’s skill with simile
D. Christ also suffered alone
E. Christ arose
F. Christ’s suffering was more intense than the poet’s.