"Heroes' wits are kept there in heavy vases,/and of fancy lords in the snuffboxes and tweezer cases."
This excerpt from Pope's The R of the lock _________.
A: uses satire to ridicule the upper classes
B: uses irony to portray the ruling classes as noble
C: uses sarcasm to indicate contempt for the lower classes
D: uses understatement to downplay the rift between the classes