Question

Which sentence is most clearly about the relationship between a poem's setting and its mood?

A. When the poem uses the word "wolf," she really means "courage."
B. Metaphor is a type of comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as."
C. The ruins of the once-thriving city feel dangerous and forbidding.
D. As a character, the speaker is full of anxiety and anger throughout.

Answer 1

Choice C is correct because the words describe the setting while having a certain connotation that makes the reader feel a certain way.

Answer 2

C. The ruins of the once-thriving city feel dangerous and forbidding.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the option that best shows the relationship between a poem's setting and its mood. This option mentions the setting of the story, which is is the ruins of a once-thriving city. Moreover, it tells us how the setting affects the mood of the story. The author creates the mood by making the descriptions of the setting dangerous and forbidding.