Imagine you want to send a note to someone you've secretly admired for a long time. which example will get your message across most clearly?

a. i'd really like to get to know you better.
b. i've seen you across the room a lot during the past year.
c. i'm pretty sure if we met and hung out we might not be miserable.
d. i stuck up for you in a conversation the other day.

definition was not one of the four methods

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.