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... tone of voice , tone in literature is whatever conveys an atti- tude toward the person being addressed . Like the manner of a per- son , the manner of a poem may be friendly or belligerent toward its reader ; condescending or respectful ...
... tone of voice , tone in literature is whatever conveys an atti- tude toward the person being addressed . Like the manner of a per- son , the manner of a poem may be friendly or belligerent toward its reader ; condescending or respectful ...
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... tone . Sick sheep to Dyer mean the loss of a few shillings and pence ; to Milton , whose sheep stand for English Chris- tendom , they mean a moral catastrophe . A tone of detached amusement , withering contempt , and implied superiority ...
... tone . Sick sheep to Dyer mean the loss of a few shillings and pence ; to Milton , whose sheep stand for English Chris- tendom , they mean a moral catastrophe . A tone of detached amusement , withering contempt , and implied superiority ...
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... tone nor an attitude , but a manner of speaking that implies a discrepancy . Often , a writer who speaks ironically ... tone , designed to hurt someone : " Oh , she's the most lovable person in the world ! " ( This statement , if spoken ...
... tone nor an attitude , but a manner of speaking that implies a discrepancy . Often , a writer who speaks ironically ... tone , designed to hurt someone : " Oh , she's the most lovable person in the world ! " ( This statement , if spoken ...
Common terms and phrases
A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration aloud attitude ballad beauty bird Blake breath called child connotations dark dead dear death diction doth E. E. Cummings earth Eliot Emily Dickinson English eyes face feel figures of speech flowers GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS green hand hath hear heart heaven Hurroo iambic iambic pentameter J. V. CUNNINGHAM John Johnny kind leaves light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Milton mind moon mother myth never night o'er paraphrase pattern pleasure poem's poet poet's poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading reprinted rhythm rime Robert Frost Robert Lowell simile sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speaker stanza star stress suggests sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme things Thomas thou thought tone tree verse W. H. Auden WILLIAM WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS wind words Wordsworth Yeats