How do i identify the theme or central idea in a literary text?

The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and i tried to say 'untie me! ' to the crew, jercing my brows; but they bent steady to the oars. then perimedes got to his feet, he and eurylochus, and passed more line about, to hold me still. –the odyssey, homer which quotation is correctly formatted using ml.a citation? a. “i tried to say / 'untie me! ' to the crew, jercing my brows.” (homer 80) b. homer writes, “i tried to say / 'untie me! ' to the crew, jercing my brows” (80). c. “i tried to say / 'untie me! ' to the crew, jercing my brows” (homer 77-78). d. homer writes, “i tried to say / 'untie me! ' to the crew, jercing my brows (77-78).”