Mood and Tone in Poetry

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

The feelings the author’s word choices give to the poem is what we call...

• Theme

• Mood/tone

• Imagery

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

• tone 

• mood

• hyperbole

• symbolism

The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
QUESTION: What mood do these lines in the poem convey?

• Contemplative

• Refreshed

• Empowered

• Irritated

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.

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christine Rosetti and answer the question below.

My heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is a weathered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell that paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love is come to me.

What tone do the details of the poem convey?

• Sorrow/Sadness

• Excitement

• Happiness

• Nervousness

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.