Which words from Shakespeare's "sonnet 73" create a gloomy tone

The correct answer is A. "Fadeth" and "ruin'd."  

Fadeth is just the old English way to write fade, and the verb to fade has a slightly negative connotation. If something fades, it disappears and you no longer have it. Similarly, ruin'd (which obviously stands for ruined), has a clearly negative connotation - meaning that something is destroyed.  

So these two words give off the impression of a tone which is bad, sad, or gloomy, and therefore is the correct answer here.

Explanation:

Sad and gloomy. Words such as "expire," "death," and "ashes" give Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" which kind of tone? Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.

Explanation:

Gloomy is a similar word to sad and death, expire, and ashes all relate to the same topic.

a. it reminds protestors of the reasons they have to protest.