Read the following excerpt from "the negro speaks of rivers" by langston hughes before you choose your answer.

"i bathed in the euphrates when dawns were young.
i built my hut near the congo and it lulled me to sleep.
i looked upon the nile and raised the pyramids above it.
i heard the singing of the mississippi when abe lincoln
went down to new orleans, and i've seen its muddy
bosom turn all golden in the sunset."

the author's tone is best described as (5 points)

harsh and strident
informal yet analytical
concerned yet hopeful
reflective and melancholy

the answer is a harsh and strident

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.