In trevor noahs book Born a Crime, the quote "death was never far away from anybody back then" is an example of what figurative language?​

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.

What does the excerpt tell about the narratos mental shift i suppose i shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard? @a. the narraor believes that the wallpaper is beatiful b. he believes that the woman in the wallpaper will attack him when he sleeps c. the narrator believes that he cant escape from the windws with the bars d. that the narrator was once behind the wallpaper