Vincent Van Gogh Fishing in the Spring, Pont de Clichy 1887

Edvard Munch The Scream (1893) Edvard Munch The Scream (1893)

What are the differences between these two Paintings?

TONE  The author’s attitude toward his/her material, the audience, or both.  Tone is expressed through WORD CHOICE.

Have you ever felt… Excited Excited Terrified Terrified Giddy Giddy Frustrated Frustrated Disappoint ed Disappoint ed Love- struck Love- struck Exhausted Exhausted Grateful Grateful Angry Angry Lonely Lonely ❊ Annoyed ❊ Anxious ❊ Cautious ❊ Confident ❊ Confused ❊ Curious ❊ Depressed ❊ Embarrassed ❊ Jealous ❊ Annoyed ❊ Anxious ❊ Cautious ❊ Confident ❊ Confused ❊ Curious ❊ Depressed ❊ Embarrassed ❊ Jealous ❊ Optimistic ❊ Paranoid ❊ Peaceful ❊ Proud ❊ Puzzled ❊ Regretful ❊ Relieved ❊ Shocked ❊ Shy ❊ Optimistic ❊ Paranoid ❊ Peaceful ❊ Proud ❊ Puzzled ❊ Regretful ❊ Relieved ❊ Shocked ❊ Shy These are all “TONES” an author or poet could use.

Now let’s apply this to literature: Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust- trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was-but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. spirit. 1.What is the tone in each paragraph? 2.What words reveal the tone?

To James by Frank Horne Do you remember how you won that last race…? how you flung your body at the start… how your spikes ripped the cinders in the stretch… how you catapulted through the tape… do you remember…? Don’t you think I lurched with you out of those starting holes…? Don’t you think my sinews tightened at those first few strides… and when you flew into the stretch was not all my thrill of a thousand races in your blood…? At your final drive Through the finish line Did not my shout Tell of the triumphant ecstasy Of victory…? Do you remember how you won that last race…? how you flung your body at the start… how your spikes ripped the cinders in the stretch… how you catapulted through the tape… do you remember…? Don’t you think I lurched with you out of those starting holes…? Don’t you think my sinews tightened at those first few strides… and when you flew into the stretch was not all my thrill of a thousand races in your blood…? At your final drive Through the finish line Did not my shout Tell of the triumphant ecstasy Of victory…?

To James by Frank Horne Live As I have taught you To run, Boy-- It’s a short dash. Dig your starting holes Deep and firm Lurch out of them Into the straightaway With all the power That is in you Look straight ahead To the finish line Think only of the goal Run straight Run high Run hard Save nothing And finish With an ecstatic burst That carries you Hurtling through the tape To victory…

Homework  Find two songs that you know that have two contrasting strong feelings.  Write down the song titles and artists.  Write a paragraph for each explaining how the lyrics convey a specific emotion.