Read the poem.


The Cremation of Sam McGee


by Robert Service


Read these lines from Stanza 2 of the poem.


Though he'd often say in his homely way


that he'd "sooner live in hell."



How does the poet's use of the words "live in hell" affect the poem?



A.) It foreshadows the outcome for Sam in the furnace of the Alice May.


B.) It emphasizes the heat in Tennessee in the summer.


C.) It suggests a tone of distress.


D.) It relates to the strange things that happen in the midnight sun.