What sound device is being used in the following excerpt from Dr. Seuss’s The King's Stilts?

"Your majesty," the Chief-in-charge-of-Fish would always say, "tell us that you think the food we feed our cats is perfect." And the King would look over the huge wet baskets of fish, choosing only the finest and freshest to serve to his Patrol Cats.

A.
rhyme
B.
meter
C.
assonance
D.
alliteration

(Giving the brainliest to the best answer!)

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.