Mood in Poetry

Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
Don’t show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It’s only in my dreams.
What is the mood?

• confident

• frightened

• lonely

• melancholy

The Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
What is the mood?

• Joyful

• heartbroken

• embarassed

• pensive

Which of the following is an example of a mood in poetry?

• Happy

• Rhyming

• Alliteration

• Stanza

How can a poet create a shift in mood within a poem?

• By changing the rhyme scheme

• By introducing a new character

• By altering the setting or tone

• By adding more stanzas

What is the mood of a poem that describes a dark and stormy night?

• Joyful

• Mysterious

• Angry

• Sad

What is the mood of this poem?

• happy

• surprised

• sad

• angry

What is the difference between Tone and Mood?

• There isn't one

• They are too similar to notice a difference.

• Mood is how the poem makes you (the reader) feel, tone is how the author feels or wants you to feel.

• Mood is how the author feels or want you to feel, tone is how the poem makes you (the reader) feel.

A warm fire crackled in the fireplace, and the chairs gathered around it were large and soft. A deep, luxurious carpet greeted cold toes with a comforting embrace, while the huge pillows thrown about the floor suggested it would be okay to stretch out for a while to warm up.

What word best describes the mood of this passage?

• welcoming

• tense

• silly

• cold

What is the mood?

• hopeful

• bossy

• embarrassed

• excited

What is the mood of a poem that describes a sunny day with children playing in the park?

• A) Joyful

• B) Angry

• C) Sad

• D) Mysterious