Read the following passage and answer the question.

But as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building…

In this sentence, the author uses the word forged. In addition to meaning walked, forged also suggests moving with great effort against great resistance. When we speak of a word's additional, suggestive meaning, we are talking about its.

denotation
antonym
connotation
synonym

my best guess would be: d allusion

makes the most sense

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.