Read the excerpt from "The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats.The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned

The phrase “blood-dimmed tide” suggests bloodshed spreading everywhere, while “innocence is drowned” shows goodness being overwhelmed. Together, these images create a sense of violence and destruction. The best choice is D, violence.

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