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Shifts

Analysis

  • Indicate some kind of change, often in the speaker's perspective
  • Watch for words like but, and yet or for punctuation - an unexpected question mark or change in verb tense or change in tone, or even in speaker or perspective

Tone

The speaker's attitude toward a subject; the emotional coloring of a work; diction is the primary contributor to a poem's tone, but all choices can affect it

Mood

The feeling the reader experiences as the result of tone