Excerpt from "Birches"

by Robert Frost

But i was going to say when truth broke in

with all her matter of fact about the ice storm storm,

I should prefer to have some boy bend them.

The lines above are an example of a

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. snap shot

D. thought shot

The answer is D: thought shot. A tought shot is used to create meaning in a writing, by allowing the reader to have a perception of the character's or author's perspective, feeling or thought about a situation. It can be in the form of a question or a statement about something. In the excerpt the speaker's opinion is in the line "I should prefer to have some boy bend them".