Read the stanza from Langston Hughes's poem "I, Too, Sing America."

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

The metaphor that extends throughout the stanza is

A) the darker brother in the kitchen.
B) company coming to visit.
C) laughing and eating well.
D growing strong.