TONE

Definition : the mood of a poem.


Example : 

A Patch of Old Snow

There's a patch of old snow in a corner,

That I should have guessed

Was a blow-away paper the rain

Had brought to rest.

 

It is specked with grime as if

Small print overspread it.

The news of a day I've forgotten --

If I ever read it.

The tone that has been use here could be sadness.

Significance : Tone is the feeling of the poet that is expressed by them poem. Word choices could affect on tone big time because if the words are not used right then they could make the readers confuse. Tone is somehow a part of imagery although tone speaks for the poem and imagery evokes the sense of the readers, they both trying to make the readers experiencing the poem. 

[when the readers are confused]

                                                                                

               [when the readers understand it]