How does the metaphor in lines 15-20 impact the poem? A. It creates a fearful and menacing tone.

B. It creates a remorseful and solemn tone.

C. It creates a sorrowful and despairing tone.

D. It creates a shocked and astounded tone.

from “The Titanic Disaster Poem”
by J. H. McKenzie

I.
On the cold and dark Atlantic,
The night was growing late
Steamed the maiden ship Titanic
Crowded with human freight
5 She was valued at Ten Million,
The grandest ever roamed the seas,
Fitted complete to swim the ocean
When the rolling billows freeze.

II.
She bade farewell to England
10 All dressed in robes of white
Going out to plow the briny deep,
And was on her western flight;
She was now so swiftly gliding
In L Fifty and Fourteen
15 When the watchman viewed the monster
Just a mile from it, ’Twas seen.

III.
Warned by a German vessel
Of an enemy just ahead
Of an Iceberg, that sea monster,
20 That which the seamen dread.
On steamed this great Titanic;
She was in her swiftest flight;
She was trying to break the record,
On that fearful, fearful night.

IV.
25 Oh; she was plowing the Ocean
For speed not known before,
But alas, she struck asunder
To last forever more,
A wireless message began to spread
30 Throughout the mighty deep, it said,
“We have struck an iceberg, being delayed;
Please rush to us with aid.”

V.
The Captain, of the White Star Line,
Who stood there in command
35 Was an Admiral of seasoned mind
En route to the western land.
The Captain thought not of his life
But stood there to the last
And swimming saved a little child
40 As it came floating past.

VI.
Outstretched hands offered reward
For his brave and heroic deed
But the intrepid man went down aboard
Trying to rescue a passenger instead
45 This ill-starred giant of the sea
Was carried to his grave
On the last and greatest ship, was he,
That ever cleft a wave.…

IX.
Colonel Astor, a millionaire,
50 Scholarly and profound,
Said to his wife, “I’ll meet you dear
Tomorrow in York Town.”
His bride asked a seaman true
“Oh say! may husband go;”
55 The echo came upon the blue
He answered, “He may, you know.”

X.
This man rushed not to his seat
He seem to have no fear,
Being calm, serene and discreet
60 Tendered1 it to a lady near,
“Oh go,” he said, “my darling wife.
Please be not in despair,
Be of good cheer, as sure as life,
I’ll meet you over there.”

XI.
65 Well could he have known this dreadful night
The sea would be his grave
Though he worked with all his might
For those whom he could save.
This man a soldier once has been
70 Of military art,
Proved himself full competent then
To do his noble part.
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