baffled means confused, like I was baffled when I got a pop quiz in class
A: Sulkily. The term sulky is another form of saying bad tempered, gloomy, or depressed.
I believe the answer would be C. hope this helps (:
The author is using the meter to make the poem sound like a military soldier chant.
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.