Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord
Tennyson.

I am so deeply smitten thro' the helm
That without help I cannot last till morn.
Thou therefore take my brand Excalibur,
Which was my pride:


The metaphor emphasizes to the reader how?
A) Sir Bedivere feels about the sword.
B) Sir Bedivere feels about King Arthur.
C) King Arthur feels about Sir Bedivere.
D) King Arthur feels about the sword.