Read this stanza from Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream." Which statement best describes how tone contributes to the theme of this poem?
OA. The tone is desolate and helps express the speaker's anguish about being unable to hang onto life.
ОВ. The tone is morbid and helps underscore the speaker's sadness at not being able to clasp the grains of sand.
Ос. The tone is resigned and reinforces the speaker's decision to stop fighting the inevitable passing of time.
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What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.