TEACHING TONE AND MOOD
WORKSHEET
by Joshua D. delos Reyes
Worksheet objective:
Use aesthetic approach in analyzing the value of a poem.
Introduction
Identifying the tone and mood provides an important clue that helps
the reader to discover literary themes. While Tone is the style, manner,
or expression in speech and/or writing, Mood serves as the prevailing
feeling or state of mind. Considering these two helps the reader
appreciate the beauty of the selection and the author’s style of writing.
Preliminary activities before using the worksheet
1. Lead a discussion on the value of Aesthetic Approach in analyzing
and understanding a poem;
2. guide the students in understanding tone and mood by discussing
elements of a certain poem which pertains to tone and mood.
Grade 10
EN10LT-Ia014.2: Explain how the elements specific to a selection build its theme;
EN10LT-Ie-2.2.3: Determine tone, mood, technique and purpose of the author.
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Instructions: Read the poems carefully and answer the following questions.
Kuliglig Only the kuliglig replies—
by Kabuteng P.Ink K. (Pseudonym) The quintessential tune of summer.
There she waits by her window, Despite herself, she smiles,
gazing up at the velveteen summer sky, happy with the fact that
searching for her favorite bituin, the sound fills the night air,
whisper-pondering drowning out her own thoughts.
Anything is better than silence.
1. The word that best describes the tone of the poem is:
a. Comforting
b. Sadness
c. Overjoyed
d. Grief
2. The word that best describes the mood of the poem is:
a. Assurance
b. Depression
c. Surprising
d. Sorrowful
3. How did you identify the tone and mood of the poem? Explain your answer by citing lines or words from the poem.
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Loneliness She, too, is old; she, too, has fought the fight.
by Katherine Mansfield So, with the laurel she is garlanded.
Now it is Loneliness who comes at night Through the sad dark the slowly ebbing tide
Instead of Sleep, to sit beside my bed. Breaks on a barren shore, unsatisfied.
Like a tired child I lie and wait her tread, A strange wind flows... then silence. I am fain
I watch her softly blowing out the light. To turn to Loneliness, to take her hand,
Motionless sitting, neither left or right Cling to her, waiting, till the barren land
She turns, and weary, weary droops her head. Fills with the dreadful monotone of rain.
1. The word that best describes the tone of the poem is:
a. Inspired
b. Sombre
c. Optimistic
d. Frustrated
2. The word that best describes the mood of the poem is:
a. Excited
b. Playful
c. Angry
d. Gloomy
3. How did you identify the tone and mood of the poem? Explain your answer by citing lines or words from the poem.
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
by William Wordsworth
The waves beside them danced; but they
I wandered lonely as a cloud Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, A poet could not but be gay,
When all at once I saw a crowd, In such a jocund company:
A host, of golden daffodils; I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, What wealth the show to me had brought:
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
For oft, when on my couch I lie
Continuous as the stars that shine In vacant or in pensive mood,
And twinkle on the milky way, They flash upon that inward eye
They stretched in never-ending line Which is the bliss of solitude;
Along the margin of a bay: And then my heart with pleasure fills,
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, And dances with the daffodils.
1. The word that best describes the tone of the poem is:
a. Gloomy
b. Furious
c. Underwhelmed
d. Cheery
2. The word that best describes the mood of the poem is:
a. Melancholy
b. Victorious
c. Lighthearted
d. Pessimistic
3. How did you identify the tone and mood of the poem? Explain your answer by citing lines or words from the poem.
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