You must have points to burn!
I answered in the comments cause it wouldn't let me here.
You will have to tell me what poem it is first.
Answer:
a) tiny
Explanation:
Minuscule means extremely small or tiny.
The speaker did not like the clam chowder that he had, it was so disgusting to him that he he found it difficult to eat any part of it. Tiny is the best synonym for minuscule in this context. The other options do not exactly fit in into the context.