Which sentence best describes how poetic devices are used in this excerpt from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
LVII.
I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray;
But or ever a prayer had gusht,
A wicked whisper came, and made
My heart as dry as dust.
LVIII.
I closed my lids, and kept them close,
And the balls like pulses beat;
For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky
Lay like a load on my weary eye,
And the dead were at my feet.
A. Coleridge uses vivid imagery to help the reader experience the joy of the
open sea.
B. Coleridge uses alliteration and similes to create an upbeat mood about
nature in the poem.
C. Coleridge uses both metaphor and simile to convey his theme about the
dangers of the open sea.
D. Coleridge uses both personification and alliteration to contribute to the
mood of the poem.