ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How does the tone of the poem shift?
A
From critical to genuine
B
From loving to obsessive
C
From funny to loving
D
From abusive to loving
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The tone of a story or poem is also called the mood. Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject and the audience. Authors often shift the tone in a piece of writing using conjunctions or other transition words such as “but, ” “yet, ” “therefore, ” etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tone can shift through a poem: ‘A Barred Owl’, by Richard Wilbur, has a first stanza with a comforting, domestic tone, and a second that insists this kind of comfort plays a vicious world false. The shift in tone is part of what is enjoyable about the poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem’s vocabulary, metrical regularity or irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” harbors a conversational tone; it resembles a conversation between teacher and student, with Moore guiding a lesson about poetry. The poem begins with Moore stating, “I too, dislike it", as if the reader had already been in conversation with Moore.

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