Tone and Mood April 12th, 2017
What is tone?
Tone is the speaker’s attitude toward the subject of the poem.
How can I identify tone?
Tone can be identified by looking at the poem’s diction, or choice of words and phrases.
“Lovable puppy”
“Fierce hunter”
Words to describe tone light-hearted accusatory reflective sincere sarcastic reverent complementary matter-of-fact optimistic critical detached authoritative formal informal
What is mood?
Mood is the atmosphere that a poem creates Mood is the atmosphere that a poem creates. It is the feeling the reader gets after reading the poem.
How can I identify mood?
Look for how the author creates atmosphere through… Setting Diction (choice of words/phrases) Tone
Words to describe mood peaceful suspenseful idyllic gloomy tense joyous ominous cheerful bittersweet bleak mysterious melancholic
Tone and mood are related, but they are NOT the same thing!
A magical example of mood...