Personification. Because it used human quality on the valley
<span>The central message of the poem, then, is quite a simple one, but it is dressed up in the memorable guise of a vivid supernatural tale which has helped to ensure its popularity to this day. Its a</span><span> moral message, warning against thoughtless and foolhardy actions such as the one the Mariner performs in shooting the albatross. The albatross had done the Mariner no harm at all; in fact it seems it had helped to guide his ship, so that his wanton killing of it appears even more inexcusable.</span>
This means that sometimes, you should trust your emotions rather than your brain. Sometimes, even if something seems logical in the first place, your heart may tell you that it is not right, or that it shouldn't be like that, and it may be the time to choose to follow your heart rather than your logic.
The answer to the question you have presented above would be letter a. To show that other cases with similar circumstances came to a similar decision. Justices use precedents in majority opinions and dissents in order t<span>o show that other cases with similar circumstances came to a similar decision.</span>