The last game must be replayed, and it's effecting the mood of the
players, whose season would have been over otherwise.

They may have been within the letter of the law, but they were not in its spirit (the ... was a player whose phenomenal mastery over a defensive mood could repeatedly disrupt and arrest a game, the smooth rhythmic ebb and flow of which was its greatest charm; ... Shepherd hit the post with a penalty in the last minute

Explanation:

answer: your option is c.

explanation:

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.