Read the following passage and answer the question.

Disease infects fruit blossoms in our land,
disease infects our herds of grazing cattle,
makes women in labour lose their children.
And deadly pestilence, that fiery god,
swoops down to blast the city, emptying
the House of Cadmus, and fills back Hades
with groans and howls.

How would you describe the imagery of this section?

a)The reference to fruit blossoms creates a sense of expectation and hope.
b)All the references to disease create a sense of death and dying.
c)The image of the grazing cattle creates a sense of plenty.
d)The image of a mothers and children creates a sense of birth and life.