To what famous romantic symbol is shelley alluding when she has victor think

The famous romantic symbol is shelley alluding when she has victor think is a poem named "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"."The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a famous poem written by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads.

I think that it is C although it might be A

Explanation:

I am not sure because I do not know how the man felt for the dog in the beginning of the story