Which is the best example of frederick douglass avoiding emotion while
writing about an emotional experience?
a. i must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, i used to
steal a bag which was used for carrying corn to the mill.
o
b. we sailed out of miles river for baltimore on a saturday morning.
o
c. the thought of owning a pair of trousers was great indeed!
od. i spent the most part of all these three days in the creek, washing
off the plantation scurf, and preparing myself for my departure.

it is geoffrey chaucer

its structered sequentially i think

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

demonstrative would be the answer.