What is most likely the author's intent in including the following passage (lines 1-8)?
In this hard toil I've such a goiter grown,
Like cats that water drink in Lombardy,
(Or wheresoever else the place may be)
That chin and belly meet perforce in one.
My beard doth point to heaven, my scalp its place
Upon my shoulder finds; my chest, you'll say,
A harpy's is, my paintbrush all the day
Doth drop a rich mosaic on my face.
A. To disgust readers and discourage them from seeking out his work in the future.
B. To convey the idea that painting, often portrayed as glamorous and romantic, is in his case actually physically unpleasant.
C. To compare himself to as many ill-favored creatures as possible.
D. To describe how the labor that he put into his paintings was worth it.
