B. Compition
How to spell it correctly- Competition
The poet is talking about a dying father so i would figure the answer is C to interpret
Excitement
Herbert's victory at chess against his father
sinister
The chess game is very tense. Father and son duel and the Father even tries tactic to distract his son from noticing his error. After the son check mates his father, the Father becomes grumpy.
It's a use of literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narritives. I found this on google.