Read about tone on (510) and then:
“The World is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth (516). 1, 2
‘To the Virgins To Make Much of Time” (418-419) by Robert Herrick 1, 2
1)what is the speaker’s attitude toward the contemporary world? How is this attitude revealed through the poem’s tone?
2)This poem is a sonnet, a highly structured traditional form, how do the regular meter and ryme scheme help to establish the poem’s tone?
1)How would you characterize the speaker? Do you think he expects his listeners to share his view? How might his expectations affect his tone?
2)This poem id developed like an argument. What is the speaker’s main point? does he support it?