An awful tempest mashed the air, the clouds were gaunt and few; a black, as of a spectre's cloak, hid heaven and earth from view. the creatures chuckled on the roofs5 and whistled in the air, and shook their fists and gnashed their teeth, and swung their frenzied hair. in the second stanza of the poem, how does the poet convey the seriousness of the storm? a) she uses personification to emphasize the impact of the storm. b) she uses paradoxes to show how powerful and majestic the storm is. c) she uses informal language to show that the storm was not very serious. d) she uses metaphors to show the changes that are coming in the third stanza.