Tone refers to the attitude the writer wants to convey to the reader, it is easier to determine tone in spoken language than in written language. Identifying tone while reading is similar to providing your opinions and thoughts into the song contrasting with listening to tone where there is a character giving the emotions. Reading and listening to lyrics of a song convey different meanings to the song and overall change the tone. When first reading and analyzing the lyrics to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” the tone was whimsical and wistful, like the writer is trying to bring hope into others in troubled times, like a place exists out there where you are always happy. When listening to different versions of the song, both containing the same
