I believe that the most prominent figurative language element in this excerpt is D. personification. Personification is when non-human entities have human abilities or qualities. So, every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine... It's not simile, as simile is comparison using words such as like or as. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant, so that's also incorrect. Synecdoche is a form of a metaphor, so it's not that either. Hyperbole is exaggeration, so that is incorrect as well.
One key difference between the critical acclaim received by Edgar Allan Poe and that received by Stephen King is that acknowledgement of Poe's skill came primarily after his death, while King has received numerous awards during his lifetime.
