Read the following line from the poem:

''The Walrus did beseech''.

What connotations does beseech carry that make it different from the word ask?

A. Beseech gives the walrus's offer a friendly, casual tone.
B. Beseech implies that the request is not serious.
C. Beseech seems more urgent and also more formal.
D. Beseech suggests that the walrus is not speaking aloud.