Question

Life by james russell lowell


life is a leaf of paper white
whereon each one of us may write
his word or two;and then comes night

though thou have time
but for a line,be that sublime;
not failure but low aim is crime


Which helps James Russell Lowell to create a close bond between the reader and the speaker in "Life"?

A.
his use of the second-person point of view

B.
his use of a simple rhyme scheme

C.
his use of brief stanzas

D.
his use of an extended metaphor