What's the "mood" of a story?

The tone and mood of a text can be very different.

If an author has no emotion regarding the story he is telling, his tone is described as:

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.

QUESTION: What tone do the details of the poem convey?

There go the loves that wither [dry up],

the old loves with wearier wings;

And all dead years draw thither [there]

And disastrous things;

Dead dreams of days forsaken,

Blind buds that snows have shaken,

Wild leaves that winds have taken,

Red strays of ruined springs.

And love, grown faint and fretful

with lips but half regretful,

Signs, and with eyes forgetful,

Weeps that no loves endure [last],

Question: What tone do the details in the poem convey?

Which tone is represented in the following passage?

Wow! With a top speed of 150 miles per hour, that car can almost fly!

What is the tone of the following passage?

The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down in it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled and rocketed out of the room

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

Lana was bursting with excitement. She paced up and down, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she rand down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and hands shaking, ripped open the envelope.

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

Just when I thought things could not get more ridiculous, Rebecca's little terrier, all dressed up in its knitted blue "winter outfit' poked its head out of the pink polka dot doggy tote. The outfit as an odd sweater and hood number. Perhaps Rebecca thought it flattered Fluffy's eyes. Fluffy looked around blankly, as if to ask what was so amusing.

It was the first football game for the Gators. The coach asked if everyone was ready. The players jumped up and replied, "Yes!"

IN what tone did the Gators's reply?

The blue jay is jumping on the tree singing and dancing happily.

What is the blue jay's tone while singing?

To remember tone some good tricks are:

What is the tone of this image?