Please Help Quick ASAP Hurry Unit 4 Test This Is English

What is the meaning of "Cruelty" in these lines?

And mutual fear brings peace,
Till the selfish loves increase:
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.

A. Cruelty is a young man learning to hunt before opening day

B. Cruelty is learning the skill of knitting from his grandmother

C. Cruelty is a conniving and knowing person who can trick us

D. Cruelty is going fishing and needs to choose his bait carefully

Look at the following merriam-webster online dictionary entry for the word cleave: cleave verb \klev transitive verb 1. to divide by or as if by a cutting blow : split 2: to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views 3: to subject to chemical cleavage, a protein cleaved by an enzyme intransitive verb 1: to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly which definition is most likely intended in the following sentence? the axe was made of a metal strong enough to cleave even the strongest marble. o a. transitive definition 3 o b. intransitive definition 1 o c. transitive definition 1 o d. transitive definition 2

Yes or no? biology is the study of rocks and minerals.

In the poem i felt a funeral, in my brain what rhyme scheme does the poet use and how does it contribute to the poem?