In petrach's sonnet 292, the sestet opens with the line, “and i live on, but in grief and self-contempt.” the word or phrase which best signifies the beginning of the volta is

yes this is an analog in my view

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)