Select the correct answer. Read Shakespeare's "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind." How does the use of poetic devices further the poem's theme?

A.
Alliteration, assonance, and rhyme express how deeply dejected and melancholy the speaker feels about humankind.

B.
Assonance, alliteration, and repetition act as a balm to soothe the speaker's anguish and help him to feel like singing again.

C.
Assonance and alliteration echo the harsh, ominous feeling that the wind produces in the speaker after he's betrayed by a friend.

D.
Alliteration, assonance, and repetition create a cheerful effect that counteracts the speaker's cynicism about friendship.