Poetry Mood and Tone

The author's feeling about the poem- created through words and phrases

• Mood

• Tone

• Idea

• Theme

What is the mood of this poem?

• happy

• surprised

• sad

• angry

What is the difference between Tone and Mood?

• There isn't one

• They are too similar to notice a difference.

• Mood is how the poem makes you (the reader) feel, tone is how the author feels or wants you to feel.

• Mood is how the author feels or want you to feel, tone is how the poem makes you (the reader) feel.

How the READER feels when reading a poem

• Mood

• Tone

• Imagery

• Analysis

Which of the following best describes how a poem's setting can influence its tone and mood?

• The setting has no impact on the poem's tone and mood.

• The setting can create a backdrop that makes the reader feel a certain way.

• The setting is only important if the poem is a narrative.

• The setting determines the poem's structure.

An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER

• tone 

• mood

• hyperbole

• symbolism

The emotional response of the reader to the tone of the text

• Tone

• Diction

• Imagery

• Mood

the overall feeling or atmosphere of a poem

• mood

• tone

• elegy

• ode

Which of the following best defines the tone of a poem?

• The poet's attitude towards the subject matter of the poem.

• The speed at which the poem is meant to be read.

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem.

• The physical setting where the poem takes place.

The feeling the author creates as you read a text is called...

• Tone

• Mood

• Sensory Images

• Emotions