Tone – Remember, The tone of a poem is the attitude you feel in it — the writer’s attitude toward the subject

or audience.
The tone in a poem of praise is approval. In a satire, you feel irony. In an antiwar poem, you may feel protest or moral
indignation. Tone can be playful, humorous, regretful, or anything — and it can change as the poem goes along.
Activity 1

Write in complete sentences

 How many stanzas? – The poem is composed of 3

stanzas.

 What types of stanzas are used? – Each stanza is a

quatrain.

 Unpack each stanza in terms of tone – In the first stanza

the tone is calm, it talks about the soldier being calm
and relaxed before the war.

 The second stanza the tone is dark, it talks about the

soldier shooting himself.

 In the third stanza the tone is angry and sad,

Activity 2

Write in complete sentences

 How many stanza? – The poem is composed of 2

stanzas.

 What types of stanzas are used? – Octave and

Sestet.

 Unpack each stanza in terms of tone – The tone of

the first stanza is sad

 The tone changes in the second stanza from