The correct answer is option C: It forces readers to "grapple" with their own mortality. In this excerpt, Stephen King forces the readers to put themselves in the shoes of a young character so as to scare the readers as if they were that age. King tries to terrorize the readers.
Answer:
innocence
Explanation:
In the last stanza of the poem, the poet asks his beloved to laugh at everything including the night, the day, the moon, the roads of the island and even at himself. The poet adopts a self-depreciating tone in the line 'laugh at this clumsy boy who loves you' which reveals his own naivety and innocence.
The answer will be "Turn"