Unrequited Love By Billy Collins Tone

The tone in these lines are often humorous and at the same time genuinely loving. In short, the tone of this poem is as complex as the subject with which it so memorably

The tone of despair and loneliness is carried on to the proceeding stanzas, and is more evident in the last two. By saying that “Water limpid as the solitudes that flee

The tone of the poem changes as the poem progresses. The poem begins with energetic language like “full of heroic tales” and “by a mere swing to his shoulder”. The composer also uses hyperboles like “My father began as a god” and “lifted me to heaven”. The use of this positive language indicates to the responder that the composer is longing for those days – he is nostalgic. It also highlights the perspective of a typical child. The language used in the middle of the poem is highly critical of his father: “A foolish small old man”. This highlights the perspective of a typical teenager and signifies that they have generally conflicting views. The language used in the last section of the poem is more loving and emotional than the rest: “...revealing virtues such as honesty, generosity, integrity”. This draws attention to a mature adult’s perspective.

The poem is separated into two parts, each with sixteen lines, and is loosely based on an iambic pentameter metre. The rhyme scheme is ABAB throughout the poem, with the noticeable exception of the last four lines of part II, in which it changes to

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

Because the speaker is direct and clear, we are able to recognize the nostalgic tone simply because of what the speaker is explicitly telling us. However, the structure of the poem also contributes to the tone. There are no punctuations throughout the entire poem, yet we still read it slow enough to create a dramatic and sad mood. The poem is divided into fourteen couplets, each with a substantial gap between them. At the end of a couplet, we are forced to slow down and fully pause before moving on to a new section. In addition, most of the lines are complete clauses

From the beginning of the poem, the reader can tell that the tone of the poem is consistent. There is no shift in tone, it’s simply sad and bitter. The father notices the innocence of his daughter and knows that there is bad luck that is coming for her future. The reader is able to see the father’s concern throughout the poem when he says that the “night’s slow poison” will change her. He knows that this issue cannot be changed, so he is doing what he can to avoid it becoming a bigger dilemma. By the end of the poem, it’s easy to notice that the father has become angry about the situation that is brought upon him. In the last two lines, the father decides that he doesn’t want to have children because of all the things he sees in their future, nothing but pain and suffering. His decision is expressed in the way he says “These speculations sour in the sun. I have

The tone of this poem is established by the way the lines seem flat and void of emotion. The

Apart from that, the poem consists of a series of turns that reflect different parts of the speaker’s feelings and the experiences he had. The significance of these turns is made possible through the use of stanza breaks. For example, the first

The tone Gray builds throughout the poem is one of darkness.  Since there is no direct action and plot during the course of the text, the tone it bears is generally passive, although it changes towards the end.  The tone is characterized by the pessimistic and dark foreshadowing that echoes throughout the poem.  Reappearing reference to war and the brutality of battle further aid the development of the gloomy tone.  As the poem progresses, the tone changes.  This becomes evident in the last three stanzas, when the loom is finished and “the work is done”.  After the achievement of this task the mellow tone shifts towards excitement and motivation. Stanza 14 shows this change in tone utilizing two back to back exclamations or demands that hastily call for immediate action to spread the fate.

Though given tone, the author also implements mood into the poem. Mood is the emotional feeling created in the reader throughout the poem. One of the many ways that mood is created is through the tone of the author. Creating mood through tone is when “The attitude of the writer, speaker, or narrator evokes feelings and emotions

The structure is key to adding humour to this poem. For example, after the words “starring role” at the end of the second stanza, the reader expects something

The song “First Love” by Lost Kings, featuring Sabrina Carpenter, represents Janie saying that Tea Cake sacrificed too much for her. The song’s lyrics, “ You give everything / And you give too much” represent how Tea Cake gave everything to Janie and that was too much. The novel manifests this when he risked his life to save Janie from the aggressive dog that was standing on the cow Janie held on to. The dog was growling and attempting to attack Janie. Tea Cake gave too much in order to save her, he fought the dog, got bite on the cheeks, caught rabies, and that ultimately lead to his death. Tea Cake basically sacrificed his own life to save Janie’s, which made Janie very upset. To quote the song lyrics of “First Love” , this is “just like first love” because Tea Cake gave it his all and

into the poem. The section of the poem that will be analyzed is the final ten lines (25-34). The

The beginning of the poem or the first stanza has a lighthearted tone and then as it progresses it begins to divulge into a deeper