(“Some keep the Sabbath going
to Church”):
Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice –
I just wear my Wings –
And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church, –
Our little Sexton – sings.
What is one purpose of the personification in this excerpt?
A. To compare the speaker to a church bell
O B. To make the Sabbath seem like a peer to the speaker
C. To indicate that the speaker does not believe in God
D. To link two unlike concepts: a bird and a church official