The rhyming lines at the end of the excerpt signal that the narrative is reflecting Stephen's personal experience.
Answer: Option B.
Step-by-step explanation:
Stephen Dedalus is one of the main character from James Joyce’s debut novel ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.’ The novel discovers the intellectual and religious awareness of Stephen Dedalus.
The narrative provided in the novel about Stephen Dedalus signals about his personal life experiences. Stephen belongs to the poor family and which is why he is ashamed of his family’s finances. From the excerpt we get to known how Stephen leaves Ireland to hunt for his artistic soul.