He poses a logical rhetorical question to those who oppose his philosophy on hope in a person’s life and makes bold statements as to the reality and merit of any given event or element of life in general. These ideas offered by the speaker, along with the general lack of expletives as compared to the second stanza, all add to the calmly solemn and somewhat brave tone of the first half of the piece. But, just as the reader may seem to have identified the tone of the poem as he or she finishes the first stanza, it quickly and abruptly shifts to display a much more frantic and desperate attitude as the second stanza is
He poses a logical rhetorical question to those who oppose his philosophy on hope in a person’s life and makes bold statements as to the reality and merit of any given event or element of life in general. These ideas offered by the speaker, along with the general lack of expletives as compared to the second stanza, all add to the calmly solemn and somewhat brave tone of the first half of the piece. But, just as the reader may seem to have identified the tone of the poem as he or she finishes the first stanza, it quickly and abruptly shifts to display a much more frantic and desperate attitude as the second stanza is