Soon his study ivory stride was heard as to and fro he paced and his old rounds upon planks so familiar to his tread that they were all over dented like geological stones with the peculiar mark
<span>Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view </span>
The correct answer among all the other choices is C. motif. Juliet's many references to flowers are an example of Shakespeare's use of motif. Thank you for posting your question. I hope that this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
I think the correct answer is C. The pronoun was used as the predicate nominative of the sentence. The predicate nominative is a pronoun or a noun which is next to a verb and it describes or renames the subject. It usually follows a linking verb or a verb phrase. For this case, it is followed by the verb phrase "was".
D. All of the others do not make sense, either grammatically or logically.