The answer would be the third option, elusive. I hope this helped! :)
Answer:
<h3><u>"</u><u>m</u><u>y</u><u> </u><u>b</u><u>e</u><u>s</u><u>t</u><u> </u><u>f</u><u>r</u><u>i</u><u>e</u><u>n</u><u>d</u><u>"</u><u> </u><u>i</u><u>s</u><u> </u><u>t</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>a</u><u>n</u><u>s</u><u>w</u><u>e</u><u>r</u><u>.</u><u>.</u><u>.</u></h3>
<span>The central message of the poem, then, is quite a simple one, but it is dressed up in the memorable guise of a vivid supernatural tale which has helped to ensure its popularity to this day. Its a</span><span> moral message, warning against thoughtless and foolhardy actions such as the one the Mariner performs in shooting the albatross. The albatross had done the Mariner no harm at all; in fact it seems it had helped to guide his ship, so that his wanton killing of it appears even more inexcusable.</span>