How to describe Mood Attitude and Tone in a Poem
Mood in Poetry Mood refers to the feelings you get when you read a poem or the atmosphere that surround events in a poem and that could influence how the reader or the audience feels after reading or listening to the poem. A poem that centers on a funeral/death will certainly have a sorrowful or sad mood, whereas, one that centers on a wedding or any celebration of achievement should have a happy, contented or jovial mood. Attitude in Poetry Attitude refers to the feelings that the persona has towards the subject the persona is talking about. For instance, in the poem, the persona may describe someone who is corrupting children and oppressing people using words like disgusting, blemish, rogue, etc. The two types of attitude in a poem We can define attitude into two: i) The poet's attitude towards his subjects (what he is writing about) ii) A poet may choose to write about attitudes that are not his. His subjects (characters in his poem) can have their own attitudes towards one another …
