Explanation:The answer is D, pathos. Because the defenition of the word pathos is, your attempt to sway an audience emotionally, and if you read the poem the writer of it is talking about hauntings and fear and the writer is kind of bringing you in that situation of trauma by using the sentences and words like, "when you" and "you are". Those words bring the reader closer to those feelings of "knowing what to expect" and "being haunted by night", and all that of bringing the reader in that situation is called pathos.
Because within ea h and everyone of us, there lies a natural instinct to care for those who can not take care of themselves, the helpless and to nurture them to a state of wellbeing.