What is the tone in the poem Lost Generation? What words or phrases helps identify the tone?
What is the mood of the poem? What words or phrases created the poems mood?
The last line of the poem says And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it. Reading the poem from bottom to top how has the tone changed? How did changing the order of the lines create a different mood? Use specific examples from the poem as support.
The tone of the poem Lost Generation is somber and warning. Words and phrases that help identify the tone include "lost," "sterile," "apathy," "heartless men," and "lost future."
The mood of the poem is pessimistic and bleak. Words and phrases that create the mood include "hopeless emptiness," "shriek of atrocities," "mindless," "tragic," and "dark."
Reading the poem from bottom to top, the tone changes from a call to action to a bleak depiction of the consequences of inaction. By changing the order of the lines, the mood shifts from a sense of urgency and warning to a feeling of despair and futility.
For example, the last line of the poem "And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it" is a call to action, urging the reader to make a change. However, when this line is read first, followed by lines like "We have lost the way," "We have bartered our birthright," and "We have been led into a desert of temptation," the mood becomes more hopeless and despairing. This reversal of the lines creates a sense of inevitability and a feeling of helplessness in the face of the lost generation's plight.