Question

To express the grim mood of the poem, which line is the most suitable replacement for the second line of this stanza?


The tower held the city in shadow
it was a very tall tower;
I ached to climb those cold, grey walls
and look upon the little people.


We witnessed it with joy.


tall as a cherry tree


like a somber peak capped by the clouds.


It stood there fair with a winding stair,