Tone

Definition: the attitude you feel is in the poem, or the mood that was created for the reader.

Example:

"Problems"

2 and 2 are 4.
4 and 4 are 8.

But what would happen
If the last 4 was late?

And how would it be
If one 2 was me?

Or if the first 4 was you
Divided by 2?

~Langston Hughes

* The tone of this poem is satirical and playful.

Significance: The tone of a poem make the readers feel the mood that the poet wanted them to feel. Tones can be happy or tragic, sad or joking, but either way the reader feels something from the poem, which is very important. The attitude of the poem corresponds with the meaning too.

 

 

Significance: The tone of a poem make the readers feel the mood that the poet wanted them to feel. Tones can be happy or tragic, sad or joking, but either way the reader feels something from the poem, which is very important. The attitude of the poem corresponds with the meaning too.