The overall point is that everyone he cared about is dead and his life is ending.
Its B, i just got it correct.
It increases the pace of a poem, as it makes the reader read each line without a pause. This makes the poem more fast-paced. This in turn gives the poem a sense of urgency and tension, and sometimes a more cheerful, joyful mood, as these are things that are associated with fast-paced speech.
