The answer is C. the image "her face was like a light!" creates a suspenseful mood.
Explanation:
This excerpt belongs to the poem "The Highway Man" by Alfred Noyes, and its mood is suspenseful all along. It describes the moment when Bess shoots herself in the chest in an attempt to warn the man she loves - the Highway Man - that he's walking into a trap.
The way the scene is pictured in this poem leaves readers hanging with anxiety and fear for the characters. The sound of the horse's hooves echoing in the silence, getting closer to where Bess is; her eyes growing bigger and her facing shining... why? Was she happy that he was there? That she would warn him? Or was she afraid, pale, for having decided to die in a sacrifice to save his life? The suspense builds up until the final moment, when she pulls the trigger, and tragedy is all there is left.
I would pick C because the whole feel of the passage seems to be suspenseful considering the words used like the frosty silence, she drew one last deep breath or nearer he came and nearer.
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