theme and tone in poetry

Question 1

theme

Answer 1

what a poem says about its topic

Question 2

tone

Answer 2

how a poem does that

Question 3

tone (bullet points)

Answer 3

• refers to the qualities of the language a speaker uses
  in social situations or in a poem + speaker’s intended
  effect
• closely related to style and diction; effect of the
  speaker’s expressions → as if showing a real person’s
  feelings/manner/attitude/relationship to a listener + the
  particular subject or situation

Question 4

theme

Answer 4

• response to the tone of a poem guides us to
  understand its themes
• theme = statement about topic
• poem might have multiple themes