Read the excerpt from "On Beholding the Mountain."


Yes! The poor heart I used to think so brave


Is all afire, though none the flame may see.


Like to the salt-kilns there by Tsunu's wave,


Where toil the fisher-maidens wearily.


Identify the metaphor and its purpose.


AThe heart is a salt-kiln and reflects the intesity of pain.

BThe flames allow the heart to see.

CThe heart's flame serves as a symbol of hope for the fisherman.

DThe heart's flame illustrates the intensity of the writer's emotion.