诗歌 Tone42.pptxVIP

Text A ToneTone , in literature, may be defined as the writers or speakers attitude toward the subject, the audience, or toward herself/himself. Tone is an abstraction we make from almost all the elements of a poem: ideas, diction, syntax, imagery, figures of speech, the use of meter and rhyme, readers, etc. 1Though a technical term, it is discussed usually in ordinary vocabulary. The tone can be described as “cold”, “eager”, “uncertainty” and so on.The ranges of the tone is various and complex: formal or intimate, solemn or playful, mocking or friendly, serious or critical, calm or exciting, ironic or humorous, arrogant or prayerful. The recognition of the tone of poem is important in understanding the poem ultimately. Voice and ToneWhen we read a poem, we hear a speaker’s voice, and it is through this voice, we perceive the tone of the poem.A poem is written by an author, but spoken by an invented speaker, who is designed to satisfy the generic requirements and artistic aims of a particular literary work. There are mainly two kinds of speakers: those who are absolutely fictional characters, totally different from their authors or those who play a certain role in works, but are presented much closer to the authors.The voice of a literary work refers to the voice readers are aware of, beyond the dramatic voices of fictitious characters in the work, or beneath the personal voices of the author. The distinctions between various kinds of voice tend to be distinctions between kinds of narrator in terms of how they address the reader, rather than in terms of how they perceive events, as in the distinct concept of point of view. 1 Tone, which can be important in analyzing a short story, is crucial to the interpretation of poetry. Persona is closely related to tone. In order to identify persona and determine tone, you to ask yourself questions about the poem. Read the following poem, pay attention to the character and try to identify the tone of this speaker’s voice.