Identify the four words that best evoke emotions of hopelessness and despair: "The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small, foul river, and, when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers waiting on the trains can stare at the dismal scene." *
A. valley; small, passengers, dismal
B. bounded, small, drawbridge, trains
C. ashes, river, stare, scene
D. ashes, foul, stare, dismal