Answer:
Option A ridicule
Step-by-step explanation:
Byron made sure that he shall never neglect the inclusion of literary and cultural criticism in his comedic epic and thus he uses Wordsworth and Coleridge first object of respect sarcastically mentions that his own writings are very small as compared to the great accomplishments of these two writers and then in later lines he criticize their discursive and verbose styles of writing thereby demonstrating his own cursory STYLE
Hence, option B is correct