In the poem, "Mr. Flood's Party", the tone is an important part of the over all effect of the poem. The tone is over all sad but there are a few shifts through out it. It begins as lonely and sad because he is alone in the streets of Tilbury Town "without a native near."In the next stanza, however, it changes from sad to somewhat happy because he is now able to "drink to the bird." The happiness that can be derived is false though, because he is now in a drunken state of mind. Once he realizes again that he is still alone, the tone becomes sad again. The final tone that can be depicted is ultimately despair and hopelessness because he realizes that there is no one and nothing left in the town where he is.
The tones are achieved through the language that E.A. Robinson uses. He says phrases such as, "paused warily," and "there was not much that was ahead of him..." and many others. His diction is powerful and carefully chosen so that these tones can be portrayed. I think it was Robinson's intent to convey the tones that he does because a tone is an essential part of a poem. Robinson chose his diction to reflect the tone so that he can tell a better story and make it more believable for his readers. Also Robinson sets up this fictional town, characters, and plot line, all in order to portray the tone that there is nothing left in his life to look forward to and that every one lives and dies at some point.
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