Question

(40 points!!!)

Read the excerpt and answer the question.

The proverbial rats had abandoned the ship

But I had no intention of abandoning

The garden of my childhood.

The word that best describes the tone in the above passage from the poem is ________.

defiant
formal
playful
happy

Answer 1

The word that best describes the tone in the passage above is “defiant”

Answer 2

The word that best describes the tone in the above passage from the poem is:

defiant