What was MOST LIKELY President Wilson's intention in beginning his "Declaration of Neutrality" by saying "The effect of the war upon the United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do"?

In the following lines from beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined words? to many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life oa. synecdoche b. epithet c. kenning od. litotes