Tone, Mood, and Voice
Literature in English · Secondary 1 · The Power of Words: Poetry · 2.º Período

Tone, Mood, and Voice

Students investigate the speaker's attitude and the emotional atmosphere of a poem. They will learn to distinguish between the poet and the persona.

MOE Syllabus OutcomesMOE Lit LO2f: Understand tone, mood, and voice in poetryMOE Lit LO1: Respond empathetically to texts

About This Topic

Students investigate the speaker's attitude and the emotional atmosphere of a poem. They will learn to distinguish between the poet and the persona.

Key Questions

  1. Who is speaking in the poem?
  2. What is the speaker's attitude towards the subject?
  3. How does the poem make the reader feel?

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