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
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
Lay like a load on my weary eye,
And the dead were at my feet
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A. Coleridge uses alliteration and similes to create an upbeat moo
nature in the poem
B. Coleridge uses both personification and alliteration to contribute to
mood of the poem
c. Coleridge uses vivid imagery to help the reader experience the joy of
open sea
D. Coleridge uses both metaphor and simile to convey his theme about the
dangers of the open sea
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