The sense that is being appealed in this line is <em>sound</em>.
Explanation:
The grumbling is compared in this line to a mighty rumbling, to <em>a strong sound that penetrates</em> in the head. A <em>boom</em> that reverberates. By reading those carefully chosen adjectives that the author uses in order to create a proper image of the sound in the reader's head, the audience can imagine how deep and strong the grumbling was and that is the main objective of this literary device.
