Analyzing Mood and Perception in Literary Works
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Question 1
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1. How does the author establish the mood of the story? Highlight at least
one detail from each stanza before answer the response. Use details to
support your answer.
Answer
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The author uses a description of the setting to establish the mood. The
setting is attached to so many words with a negative connotation. There
were several lines that built the suspense such as “the form I did not know,”
“no one was there,” “ trick of the firelight,” “watched the lonely gloom,”
“moonlight creep, “ and “could not sleep.”
Question 2
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2. How does the speaker’s changing perception of the setting affect the way
the speaker feels over the course of the poem? Use
two
details from the
poem to support your answer (Hint: One detail comes from the first stanza)
Answer
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The response accurately explains that the setting, a room in the speaker’s
home, is initially comforting to the speaker, “I came back…To the long chair
and firelight And comfortable gloom.” The speaker is jolted by shadowy
figure in the room. He is no longer comforted but scared. “I lay and
watched the lone gloom…All night I could not sleep.” The perception
changes from coming home to a comfortable place to being extremely
uncomfortable.
Question 3
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3. How does the author use sound to establish the mood of the story?
Highlight two details from the passage before writing the response. Be sure
to support your answer with evidence from the passage.
Answer
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4. The author focuses on sounds to establish the mood of the story. He
included “murmuring” in paragraph one; the “voice of crickets” in
paragraph two ; his own heartbeat in paragraph three; “human music, but a
wildness and weirdness” and “A harsher, shriller note” in paragraph four; and
ending with “staccato cries and peals of laughter” in paragraph five.
Question 4
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Describe how the main character of “The Quest of the Silver Fleece” and
the speaker of “Home” feel initially and how each one’s feelings change over
time.
At the beginning of his journey, the boy is not scared or alone. In fact, he is
hopeful as noted in “he had fared forth to beckoning hands and luring, and to the
eager hum of human voices, as of some great music.” The story goes on to
describe his change of feeling to sadness with “a tear wandered down his bown
cheek” and loneliness with “the world was a lonely thing, so wide and tall and
empty!” Even the feeling of fear can be documented with “starting at his own
heartbeats, and fearing more and more the long dark fingers of night.” In home
the speaker goes from being comforted by “the long chair and firelight and
comfortable gloom” to being afraid by what he thinks is a stranger but “it was a
trick of the firelight” and “no one was there.” However, the speaker was scared
and couldn’t sleep. Instead, the speaker “watched the midnight creep” and
“could not sleep.”
Analyzing the establishment of mood and changes in perception in different literary works. The author uses details from the passages to explain the mood set through descriptions, perception changes, and the use of sound. Explore how characters' feelings evolve over time.
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Question 1 1. How does the author establish the mood of the story? Highlight at least one detail from each stanza before answer the response. Use details to support your answer.
Answer The author uses a description of the setting to establish the mood. The setting is attached to so many words with a negative connotation. There were several lines that built the suspense such as the form I did not know, no one was there, trick of the firelight, watched the lonely gloom, moonlight creep, and could not sleep.
Question 2 2. How does the speaker s changing perception of the setting affect the way the speaker feels over the course of the poem? Use two details from the poem to support your answer (Hint: One detail comes from the first stanza)
Answer The response accurately explains that the setting, a room in the speaker s home, is initially comforting to the speaker, I came back To the long chair and firelight And comfortable gloom. The speaker is jolted by shadowy figure in the room. He is no longer comforted but scared. I lay and watched the lone gloom All night I could not sleep. The perception changes from coming home to a comfortable place to being extremely uncomfortable.
Question 3 3. How does the author use sound to establish the mood of the story? Highlight two details from the passage before writing the response. Be sure to support your answer with evidence from the passage.
Answer 4. The author focuses on sounds to establish the mood of the story. He included murmuring in paragraph one; the voice of crickets in paragraph two ; his own heartbeat in paragraph three; human music, but a wildness and weirdness and A harsher, shriller note in paragraph four; and ending with staccato cries and peals of laughter in paragraph five.
Question 4 Describe how the main character of The Quest of the Silver Fleece and the speaker of Home feel initially and how each one s feelings change over time.
At the beginning of his journey, the boy is not scared or alone. In fact, he is hopeful as noted in he had fared forth to beckoning hands and luring, and to the eager hum of human voices, as of some great music. The story goes on to describe his change of feeling to sadness with a tear wandered down his bown cheek and loneliness with the world was a lonely thing, so wide and tall and empty! Even the feeling of fear can be documented with starting at his own heartbeats, and fearing more and more the long dark fingers of night. In home the speaker goes from being comforted by the long chair and firelight and comfortable gloom to being afraid by what he thinks is a stranger but it was a trick of the firelight and no one was there. However, the speaker was scared and couldn t sleep. Instead, the speaker watched the midnight creep and could not sleep.
