The t0ne of this poem is a very solemn one. It is solemn because it has a dark feeling of despair to it and it is depressing. In lines such as "I wonder how i will get through another day", and "Because of it I am aching", give the poem this solemn feeling.
In Luci Tapahonso’s poem “They are Silent and Quick,” there is a major tone shift as the poem progresses from a depressed beginning to a more hopeful and optimistic ending. The poem begins with the speaker describing her feeling of hopelessness with life, which is best described when she says, “I wonder how I will get through another day.” While she observes her daughter and the mystical fireflies of the night all around her, she is unable to appreciate the beauty of nature and is consumed with her self and her depression. Even though she is seemingly miserable all throughout a majority of the poem, there are hopeful undertones as to how the tone will later shift. The speaker’s young daughter is able to appreciate the magic of the fireflies in the beauty of the night. The speaker is later allowed to shift to a more hopeful tone after she has a restful nights sleep. With her reawakening the next morning, comes a reawakening in her spirit and optimism as well. When she gets up in the morning, she reminds herself of her old heritage and the teachings of the Navajo: “Go out, we were told, get your blessings for the day.” With a change in her attitude comes a change in the tone. The poem ends on a hopeful upturn.
The tone of this poem is most notably depressing. Most of it has a hopeless and passive feeling. A number of statements suggest this: "I wonder how I will get through another day." "There are no English words to describe this." "Because of it, I am overshadowed by aching. It is a heaviness that surrounds me completely." However, towards the poem's ending the tone becomes more optimistic and ends up being moreso uplifting. "...as I watch these tiny bodies of light, the aching inside lessens..." -Mike Ludwig
The tone of the poem is saddness because most of the poem she is unhappy. Lines such as "I wonder how i will get through another day," and "I am overshowed by aching. It is a heaviness that surrounds me completely," definetly point out the poem's sad tone. However towards the end of the poem the tone changes and she wakes up feeling happy and different. The line in the last paragraph,"And now, as I watch thses tiny bodies of light, the aching inside lessons," shows the sudden change in tone of the poem. -Sammi
The poem's tone begins as dark and hopeless. Although the narrator's daughter sees magic in the fireflies filling the night, the narrator stays trapped in her sadness. When her daughter says she "thinks they are connected with magic," the narrator unenthusiastically replies "Yes, it must be." The tone is key to the point of the poem, as towards its end the narrator shifts to one more hopeful, describing how she goes from a "heavy, dreamless sleep" to seeing how "the magic of these lights precedes the gray dawn." The shift in tone is strengthened by the shifting of time of day, as the narrator moves from the darkness of sadness to the new morning of hopefulness.
The poem's tone begins as dark and hopeless. Although the narrator's daughter sees magic in the fireflies filling the night, the narrator stays trapped in her sadness. When her daughter says she "thinks they are connected with magic," the narrator unenthusiastically replies "Yes, it must be." The tone is key to the point of the poem, as towards its end the narrator shifts to one more hopeful, describing how she goes from a "heavy, dreamless sleep" to seeing how "the magic of these lights precedes the gray dawn." The shift in tone is strengthened by the shifting of time of day, as the narrator moves from the darkness of sadness to the new morning of hopefulness.
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The t0ne of this poem is a very solemn one. It is solemn because it has a dark feeling of despair to it and it is depressing. In lines such as "I wonder how i will get through another day", and "Because of it I am aching", give the poem this solemn feeling.
ReplyDeleteNeal Pellegrini
In Luci Tapahonso’s poem “They are Silent and Quick,” there is a major tone shift as the poem progresses from a depressed beginning to a more hopeful and optimistic ending. The poem begins with the speaker describing her feeling of hopelessness with life, which is best described when she says, “I wonder how I will get through another day.” While she observes her daughter and the mystical fireflies of the night all around her, she is unable to appreciate the beauty of nature and is consumed with her self and her depression. Even though she is seemingly miserable all throughout a majority of the poem, there are hopeful undertones as to how the tone will later shift. The speaker’s young daughter is able to appreciate the magic of the fireflies in the beauty of the night. The speaker is later allowed to shift to a more hopeful tone after she has a restful nights sleep. With her reawakening the next morning, comes a reawakening in her spirit and optimism as well. When she gets up in the morning, she reminds herself of her old heritage and the teachings of the Navajo: “Go out, we were told, get your blessings for the day.” With a change in her attitude comes a change in the tone. The poem ends on a hopeful upturn.
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The tone of this poem is most notably depressing. Most of it has a hopeless and passive feeling. A number of statements suggest this: "I wonder how I will get through another day." "There are no English words to describe this." "Because of it, I am overshadowed by aching. It is a heaviness that surrounds me completely." However, towards the poem's ending the tone becomes more optimistic and ends up being moreso uplifting. "...as I watch these tiny bodies of light, the aching inside lessens..."
ReplyDelete-Mike Ludwig
The tone of the poem is saddness because most of the poem she is unhappy. Lines such as "I wonder how i will get through another day," and "I am overshowed by aching. It is a heaviness that surrounds me completely," definetly point out the poem's sad tone. However towards the end of the poem the tone changes and she wakes up feeling happy and different. The line in the last paragraph,"And now, as I watch thses tiny bodies of light, the aching inside lessons," shows the sudden change in tone of the poem.
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great posts- especially Ariana, Mike, and Sammi
ReplyDeleteThe poem's tone begins as dark and hopeless. Although the narrator's daughter sees magic in the fireflies filling the night, the narrator stays trapped in her sadness. When her daughter says she "thinks they are connected with magic," the narrator unenthusiastically replies "Yes, it must be." The tone is key to the point of the poem, as towards its end the narrator shifts to one more hopeful, describing how she goes from a "heavy, dreamless sleep" to seeing how "the magic of these lights precedes the gray dawn." The shift in tone is strengthened by the shifting of time of day, as the narrator moves from the darkness of sadness to the new morning of hopefulness.
ReplyDelete-Ben H.
The poem's tone begins as dark and hopeless. Although the narrator's daughter sees magic in the fireflies filling the night, the narrator stays trapped in her sadness. When her daughter says she "thinks they are connected with magic," the narrator unenthusiastically replies "Yes, it must be." The tone is key to the point of the poem, as towards its end the narrator shifts to one more hopeful, describing how she goes from a "heavy, dreamless sleep" to seeing how "the magic of these lights precedes the gray dawn." The shift in tone is strengthened by the shifting of time of day, as the narrator moves from the darkness of sadness to the new morning of hopefulness.
ReplyDelete-Ben H.