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Define tone and mood, and give one word for the tone of stanzas 1 and 2 of "Church Going".
Think of the way the speaker treats the sacred objects and the lectern.
At which point in the poem does the tone first become candid and puzzled?
It is the turning point of the poem, straight after the dismissive verdict of stanza 2.
Which words best describe the tone of the first two stanzas?
Think of the cycle-clips and the sniggering echoes.
What change in the speaker's tone happens at the opening of stanza 3?
He contradicts the verdict at the end of stanza 2.
A student wrote a weak answer that says only that the tone of the poem is sad at first and then happy, that the speaker is bored and then interested, and that the mood is sad. Rewrite it as a precise answer of about 90 words that is supported by details from the poem.
Replace each vague word (sad, happy, bored, interested) with a precise tone word and a detail from the stanza.
Compare the tone of stanza 1 with the tone of stanza 7 in about 120 words.
Give each stanza a tone word and a mood word with a supporting detail, then say what changes and what stays the same.
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