The king uses the term "little" to describe the grave in line 154 in the sense of a) bare. b) cheap. c) insignificant. d) tiny.

The grave is insignificant especially in contrast with his "large kingdom."

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

it u understand what he thought at the time and let u know more about him then what third person would of known probably. hope this : )