CHAPTER TEN
“TONE”
TONE IS THE WRITER’S OR SPEAKER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD
SUBJECT, HIS AUDIENCE, OR HIMSELF. IT IS THE EMOTIONAL
MEANING OF THE WORK.
POEMS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
“APPARENTLY WITH NO SURPRISE” BY EMILY DICKINSON
“FOR A LAMB” BY RICHARD EBERHART
“THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME” BY WILLIAM BUTLER
YEATS.
“THE OXEN” BY THOMAS HARDY
“CHURCH GOING” BY PHILIP LARKIN
“LORD RANDALL” BY ANONYMOUS
“THE BEAN EATERS” BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS
“BALLAD OF THE LANDLORD” BY LANGSTON HUGHES
“PARADOXES AND OXYMORONS” BY JOHN ASHBERRY