Question

Read this extract from “My Sister’s Sleep” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Without, there was a cold moon up, Of winter radiance sheer and thin; The hollow halo it was in Was like an icy crystal cup. Which adjective best describes the mood created by the use of simile in the last line? chaotic violent gloomy merry

Answer 1

icy crystal because it gives a little bit more detail of what it looked like. hoped this helped and feel free to ask more questions.

Answer 2

This is all pretty subjective because one person may have one type of a feeling about this extract, and the other person may have completely different feelings.
For me personally, this simile creates a gloomy mood. The simile 'the hollow halo it was in was like an icy crystal cup' creates a gloomy and cold atmosphere in my opinion.