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5 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
Distinguish between tone and mood, using one example from "The Thought Fox".
Ask yourself whose feeling it is: the speaker's or the reader's.
Which details in the first two stanzas create a mood of solitude?
Look at the time of night, the objects in the room and the view outside.
Which phrase best describes the mood of the first two stanzas?
Think about midnight, solitude and something about to arrive.
What is the main effect of repeating the word "now" in the third stanza?
Read the line aloud and notice how it moves.
Imagine you are directing a two-minute film of "The Thought Fox". Describe how you would use lighting, sound and pacing to show the changes in mood across the poem, and justify each choice with a detail from the text.
Divide the poem into four or five stages and give each a distinct visual and sound design.
The opening two stanzas and the closing stanza both refer to the clock, the window and the page. Write a paragraph comparing the tone and mood of the opening and the close, explaining what has changed and what has not.
Make a two-column list of the objects in each stanza and how they are described, then focus on the one that changes.
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