Answer:
Themes are the author's universal statement towards life. It is a lesson in life that the reader can use in their own life moving forward.
Explanation:
The correct option is D.
From the words that Malory used to write the passage, the message he was trying to pass across is clear and one can easily imagine the scene. But in the case of Tennyson, his word choice make it hard for one to imagine the information he is passing across.
This passage uses imagery of sight - it explains everything that the narrator sees: I saw the water, I saw only my round refection, colors and lights need vision to see and then reflecting anything I could see around me.
The last sentence the narrator can only see what's around them and can no longer see anything reflected through the water (since the water shook)
parker ran after the bus, but he was to late, and he was tired.