Multiple choice

What is tone of the poem?


YOU, YOU, YOU

You dole your fickle favors out

With frugal grudging hand;

You gird your smile with irony

Suggesting reprimand.

You slice away propriety,

Maintaining that your view

Is sacrosanct and that all truth

Is known alone to you.

You skirt the rim of courtesy,

Leave all your friends dismayed;

Around you blossoms can but wilt

And dreams so quickly fade.

 

  1. Censuring

  2. Reprimanding

  3. Arrogant

  4. (1) and (2)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In the poem, the poet is not only censuring i.e. scolding 'you' but he is also reprimanding. Therefore, we can clearly say that the tone of the poem is not only censuring but also reprimanding. Therefore, the answer is (4).

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