The courage that my mother had
went with her, and is with her still:
rock from new england quarried;
now granite in a granite hill.
the golden brooch my mother wore
she left behind for me to wear;
i have no thing i treasure more:
yet, it is something i could spare.
oh, if instead she’d left to me
the thing she took into the grave! —
that courage like a rock, which she
has no more need of, and i have.
(edna st. vincent millay, “the courage my mother had”)
what word best describes the tone of the poem above?
giddy
angry
reflective
perplexed
would be nice if anyone would like to give any.

The persona here is being reflective.Meditating and considering this mother´s courage appears to be an attitude of someone who has just lost their mother.The persona thinks she needs the courage the mother had , but the mother is dead.The pain makes the persona utter these words as a final reflection on her mother´s courage.

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it

most likely you should find things like facts and important information to you understand. i hope this .