I think the best answer is 'it creates a mood of despair and surrender', but it could possibly be 'it suggests what the characters should be feeling'.
D would probably be the most accurate.
Answer:
The ideas presented about prison life in these references by the speaker is about how it feels like to be in confinement.
Explanation:
'Cloudy Day' is a poem written by Jimmy Santiago Baca. The speaker of the poem is someone who is confined in the prison and narrates to his reader about what it feels like to be in confinement. Despite the speaker is in confinement, the poem speaks of hope.
In lines 9-12 and 20-23, the speaker is presenting the ideas of what it feels like to be in confinement. While sitting in his cell, the speaker sees outside where guards are guarding. The speaker tries to think what freedoms look like and how it will look like when he will be out of the prison.
Journal writings are an effective tool for developing new essay topics.