How does old english compare to the modern english we speak today?

a. it is similar enough to recognize some of the words.
b. it is similar enough to be able to figure may of the words.
c. it is almost the same as modern english.
d. it is almost unrecognizable as the same language.

Imagination! who can sing thy force? or who describe the swiftness of thy course? soaring through air to find the bright abode, th' empyreal palace of the thund'ring mode, we on thy pinions can surpass the wind, and leave the rolling universe behind: from star to star the mental optics rove, measure the skies, and range the realms above. there in one view we grasp the mighty whole, or with new worlds amaze th' unbounded soul. what does the speaker compare imagination to in the poem? a. a soaring bird b. the sky c. a cloud d. a sailing ship