The answer is D. Cheerless
The figurative language that
exists within this excerpt can be identified with the phrases “recesses … to
which he never came,” “his austerity could never blight,” and “keep the fire of
my nature continually low,” provide readers with a feeling of loneliness,
suppression, and sadness. A person who felt this way or spoke these
things would most likely be without happiness and without cheer—or cheerless.
Look for change in the authors writing.
he discovered that the sword Hrunting is useless against Grendel's Mothere's hard skin.
