Tone

effective at making the reader feel a certain way and then using clever imagery techniques to contrast between the somber and humorous tone. Then bring in irony as the final twist. Some readers may think it was not unexpected at all something was going to happen. Nevertheless, it is the way that he frames it in execution; succeeding in making the punchline effective. The tone of the poem, at the beginning, has a very somber feeling to it. It shows this by using…

so afraid of the eye he decides to kill the man so he would no longer have to see it. Poe reaches the greater theme in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by using three literary themes: tone, imagery, and point of view. A short review of these three literary themes will reveal how “The Tell-Tale Heart” reaches the horror genre. The tone of voice the narrator uses in “The Tell-Tale Heart” has a great effect on how the story…

perfect time. These storms threaten one’s survival, but they aren’t referring to natural causes; they are referring to internal and emotional conflicts within. Adrienne Rich’s poem Storm Warnings uses lyrical diction, prolonged syntax, and a solemn tone to convey the correlations intertwining external and internal conflicts within a storm. In this poem the natural progression of Rich’s writing mimics the development of the storm. The flowing syntax suggests that the strike is unwavering and…

continues to write alone in her journal. The narrator uses her journal as a way to relieve her mind. While doing so, the narrator starts to describe the house. The narrator describes some attributes in the house as positive, but others have a negative tone to…

The tone is represented by the words used to describe Paris and the thoughts of the lawyer’s wife. One of the dominating elements that contribute to the tone is when the lawyer’s wife expresses her feelings of her daily routine. She, “…felt that she was growing old without having known life, except in those recurrent repellently monotonous, everyday occupations which constitute the happiness of the home.” (Maupassant, 512) The tone displayed from her feelings of the daily routine express her…

The Poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson from 1869 to 1935 uses an admirational and superficial tone, a third person limited point of view, and the main theme to never judge a book by it’s cover to show a complex attitude towards Richard Cory’s suicide. The author uses a formal and superficial tone to describe who Richard Cory was and his importance to the town. A formal tone is portrayed by the author when said “He was a gentleman from sole to crown”. The author uses more…

doesn’t anticipate that. In the poem Death, be not proud by John Donne, Donne degrades death to be more subordinate than what it portrays itself to be. Donne’s use of diction and shift in tone exhibits that death isn’t a force that dominates people’s lives but a bridge to eternal life. John Donne’s use of diction and tone contributes to the poem’s depiction of death that it is not a dominating…

only the lake, trees and the small figures in the background. The use of blue and green tones in the background bring an overall sense of calmness and natural feel, which further helps bring his point of view on nature and the whole atmosphere. Cezanne’s inspiration of nature brought him to paint this piece and before working on this work the artist had prepared a number of practice…

swift change of heart upon thinking of love, improving the tone of the sonnet. This leaves the impression that the simple thought of love, whether past or current, is enough to lift even the gloomiest of attitudes. In the sonnet, the speaker’s tone is melancholic, and depressed. This is evident through the use of words such as “outcast” and “disgrace” to identify the speaker. However, in the last six lines of the sonnet, the speaker’s tone begins to change into one that is lighter and happier.…

Throughout Sylvia Plath’s poem “Daddy,” The tone is found to be childishly innocent, kind of close to a lullaby, and extremely deranged and menacing. As it progresses the tone ranges from like a childlike adoration, where she puts the parent whose not there on a pedestal to a blunt like a disrespectful, distant and fearful adult. Even though Plath excels in tones, Plath keeps a deep and heavy dark style throughout the poem with her use of diction. “Daddy” is a confessional poem, put in a harsh,…