Observation

A good number of candidates attempted this question. However, most candidates could not define “tone” and “mood, hence their inability to answer the question correctly.

The following points were expected from the candidates:

• The theme of the poem.
• The use of declarative sentences which convey both tone and mood.
• The non-defining clauses which present the activities of the fearsome predatory forces.
• The resultant joyless effect of the tone and mood.
• The cumulative effect of the sentences in foregrounding the theme and morbid tone and mood.

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