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    The document discusses tone, attitude, and mood in poetry. Tone is the poet's outlook and general character expressed through their choice of words. Attitude refers to how the poet feels about the subject or characters in the poem, such as amusing, patronizing, or sympathetic. Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere surrounding the literary work, which can be described as happy, sad, tense, or jubilant.

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    The document discusses tone, attitude, and mood in poetry. Tone is the poet's outlook and general character expressed through their choice of words. Attitude refers to how the poet feels about the subject or characters in the poem, such as amusing, patronizing, or sympathetic. Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere surrounding the literary work, which can be described as happy, sad, tense, or jubilant.

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    ONE, ATTITUDE AND MOOD

    TONE

    This is the quality of voice or the general character and attitude that expresses a particular

    emotion. This is the poet’s outlook. It is the mirror in which the speaker talks, usually inferred
    from the choice of words. Tone may be expressed as: cold, eager, harsh, gleeful, proud, satirical,
    doubtful, hostile, surprised, assertive, ironical, grateful, commanding, pleading and reprimanding

    In poetry, the persona’s attitude towards the subject or characters can be revealed through the
    tone

    ATTITUDE

    This refers to the way the poet feels about a subject or the character in the poem. It may be
    described as amusing, patronizing, contemptuous, critical, hostile, sympathetic, disapproving,
    harsh, kind, serious, cruel or adoring

    MOOD

    This refers to the general feeling of the speaker, the climate or the atmosphere surrounding a
    literary work. (Poetry or prose). Words such as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ are not specific hence not used
    here. Mood can be described by such adjectives like happy, quiet, desperate, tense, thankful, sad
    (melancholic) solemn, silent, violent, jubilant, assertive, ironic, comprehensive, lively,
    remorseful, optimistic, and pessimistic

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