The tone in The Telephone is coming from a very convinced insane person with a lot of force in his voice. The speaker is convinced that somebody has talked to him through the flower on the sill and will not even let the other person tell him that it was not them that spoke. The poem sounds as if it were coming from a person who is not quite right in the head and is very forceful.
The Flea:
The speaker in The Flea is sitting in bed with his lover and is looking at a flea who has just bitten them both and is wishing that he could do what the flea has done. The tone of The Flea is both sad and hopeful because the man is sad that he has not made love with his lover and is hopeful because he hopes to do so one day and obviously wishes they were married because thats what he starts saying the flea has done by mixing each others blood.
I'll do the other poem tomorrow because i cant find it in the book or on the internet.....and its not on shelbys thing either.
1 comment:
Mickey - the tone in "The Flea" is closer than "The Telephone" but really you missed the tone in both of these poems.
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