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Poetry Out Loud: Tone Mapping

Step 1: Listen to the poem below several times. Think about what tones you hear and any shifts in tone you notice.

“Jenny Kiss’d Me”

By Leigh Hunt

Jenny kiss’d me when we met,

Jumping from the chair she sat in;

Time, you thief, who love to get

Sweets into your list, put that in!

Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,

Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,

Say I’m growing old, but add,

Jenny kiss’d me.

Step 2: With a partner, identify the different tones in each section of the poem. Consider: How old is the speaker? How old was the speaker when Jenny kissed him/her? What is the relationship the speaker has with Time like? Please write in pencil, so you can make changes as we discuss as a class.

Section / Tone
Jenny kiss’d me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get sweets into your list,
Put that in!
Say I’m weary,
Say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,
Say I’m growing old,
But add,
Jenny kiss’d me.

Step 3: Listen several times to three different actors recite the following lines from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

“To be or not to be—that is the question:

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And, by opposing, end them.”

Step 4: Answer the questions below with a partner.

1. How would you describe the tone(s) for each actor?

James Earl Jones:

Michael York:

Mel Gibson:

2. What different questions do the actors seem to be asking?

3. Which performance do you prefer? Why?

abashed

abrasive

abusive

acquiescent

accepting

acerbic

admiring

adoring

affectionate

aghast

allusive

amused

angry

anxious

apologetic

apprehensive

approving

arch

ardent

argumentative

audacious

awe-struck

bantering

begrudging

bemused

benevolent

biting

bitter

blithe

boastful

bored

brisk

bristling

brusque

calm

candid

caressing

caustic

cavalier

childish

child-like

clipped

cold

complimentary

condescending

confident

confused

coy

contemptuous

conversational

critical

curt

cutting

cynical

defamatory

denunciatory

despairing

detached

devil-may-care

didactic

disbelieving

discouraged

disdainful

disparaging

disrespectful

distracted

doubtful

dramatic

dreamy

dry

ecstatic

entranced

enthusiastic

eulogistic

exhilarated

exultant

facetious

fanciful

fearful

flippant

fond

forceful

frightened

frivolous

ghoulish

giddy

gleeful

glum

grim

guarded

guilty

happy

harsh

haughty

heavy-hearted

hollow

horrified

humorous

hypercritical

indifferent

indignant

indulgent

ironic

irreverent

Lesson Plan: The Tone Map

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joking

joyful

languorous

languid

laudatory

light-hearted

lingering

loving

marveling

melancholy

mistrustful

mocking

mysterious

naïve

neutral

nostalgic

objective

peaceful

pessimistic

pitiful

playful

poignant

pragmatic

proud

provocative

questioning

rallying

reflective

reminiscing

reproachful

resigned

respectful

restrained

reticent

reverent

rueful

sad

sarcastic

sardonic

satirical

satisfied

seductive

self-critical

self-dramatizing

self-justifying

self-mocking

self-pitying

self-satisfied

sentimental

serious

severe

sharp

shocked

silly

sly

smug

solemn

somber

stern

straightforward

stentorian

strident

stunned

subdued

swaggering

sweet

sympathetic

taunting

tense

thoughtful

threatening

tired

touchy

trenchant

uncertain

understated

upset

urgent

vexed

vibrant

wary

whimsical

withering

wry

zealous