What is the overall tone of this poem?

Hap by Thomas Hardy
If but some vengeful god would call to me
From up the sky, and laugh:
“Thou suffering thing,Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy,
That thy love’s loss is my hate’s profiting!”
Then would I bear, and clench myself, and die,
Steeled by the sense of ire unmerited;
Half-eased, too, that a Powerfuller than I
Had willed and meted me the tears I shed.
But not so. How arrives it joy lies slain,
And why unblooms the best hope ever sown?
—Crass Casualty obstructs the sun and rain,
And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan….
These purblind Doomsters had as readily strown
Blisses about my pilgrimage as pain.

A. reflective
B. fierce
C. pessimistic
D. vengeful

Respuesta :

C. pessimistic

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The overall tone of the poem "Hap" by Thomas Hardy is pessimistic, as revealed by words such as "joy lies slain" and "my pilgrimage as pain."

What is tone?

We notice an author's tone by the words he or she chooses to use when writing. The tone is that author's attitude or approach about a certain topic, that is, the way the author feels and discusses the topic.

Examples of tone are:

  • Serious
  • Sarcastic
  • Humorous
  • Lighthearted

The poem "Hap" by Thomas Hardy has a pessimistic tone as it discusses pain and suffering in life. Phrases and words such as  "joy lies slain" and "my pilgrimage as pain" reveal the tone.

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