Mood

Question 1

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Holy Thursday’

Answer 1

• implicit criticism of the church Beatles, who, after the children in. - - Observant details e.g the wands, give away the cruel treatment of the children
• Awe inspired/moved by the children, their innocence
  Changes to angry, resentful, warning tone at the end

Question 2

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Equilibrium’

Answer 2

• Powerlessness
• Celebration/ joy
• Confrontation/ acceptance
• Powerlessness
• Contemplative/ thoughtful

Question 3

Tone and atmosphere of ‘The Bluebell’ ?

Answer 3

• solemn
• Reflective and nostalgic mood of
• contemplating the better old days
• Confrontational
• Emotional
• Revelational

Question 4

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Midnight on the Great Western’ ?

Answer 4

• Intially observational
• Becomes more involved and develops concern and worry
• Ending becomes philosophicak exporing the meaning of the boy

Question 5

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Prayer’ ?

Answer 5

• Solenm/ depressing
• Spiritual/ worship
• GREIF and sadness about his mum
• Reflective ( power of words and
• prayer at beginning )

Question 6

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Happy Birthday Moon’ ?

Answer 6

• Initially sets scene and feels heartfelt ( ‘try again’ and ‘taps’ ) showing patience
• Becomes repetitive and monotonous, more frustrated and annoyed
• Shows fondness and depper understanding / cinnection towards the end

Question 7

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Out, out-‘ ?

Answer 7

• Sets scene initially as reflective and observant
• Middle becomes dramatic, shokcing and refletive
• Ending is artifical, emotionless and somber

Question 8

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Tea With Our Grandmothers’ ?

Answer 8

• reflective / soft
• Honourable, looking at all positive aspects
• Solemn mood
• Assurance through mutual grief

Question 9

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Baby Song’ ?

Answer 9

• Initially simplistic view, reflective and comtent of memory / state in womb which is daek and enclosed
• Becomes angry / distraught and reflective of curreny state outside the mum
• Acceptive towrads the end

Question 10

Tone and atmosphere of ‘You’re’ ?

Answer 10

• Speculative mood
• Imagining how the child will look / turn out
  = turns slightly impatient/longing

Question 11

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Cold Knap Lake’ ?

Answer 11

• Initally obsrrvational as she reocunts the veents that she remebers
• Towards the end of the poem it terms philosphical and contemplative as she ponders whether this is a memory she had experienced or been told about

Question 12

Tone and atmosphere of ‘My first weeks’ ?

Answer 12

• Initially complarive as she wonders about her first weeks as a baby
• Turns reflective and explorative as she looks at the benefits of her early life
• Acceptance and bliss as she reflects on the fact thta alhtouhg life isnt so great now she had once lived in paradise

Question 13

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Venus’s-flytrap’?

Answer 13

• Initially childish, innocnet playimg outside in the grass
• becomes more corrupt and unsettling as dark topics are touched through childish perspective
• Becomes darker and more unsettling, gives insight to childs view of life and experiences they cant comprehend in depth

Question 14

Tone and atmosphere of ‘Love’ ?

Answer 14

• confused/ lost
• A journey throughout each stanza
• Powerlessness
• Inexperience and experience

Question 15

Tone and atmosphere of ‘ Theme of English B’ ?

Answer 15

• Initially pondering and questioning
• As the pome progresses he tries to discover himself / his identity as the poem progresses
• Forms an answer towards teh end where he asmits everyone is human / An American -> accepting/ reflective mood