Read the excerpt from betty friedan’s the feminine mystique.

a mother of four who left college at nineteen to get married told me:

“i’ve tried everything women are supposed to do—hobbies, gardening, pickling, canning, being very social with my neighbors, joining committees, running pta teas. i can do it all, and i like it, but it doesn’t leave you anything to think about—any feeling of who you are. . i’m a server of food and a putter-on of pants and a bedmaker, somebody who can be called on when you want something. but who am i? ”

the underlined words and phrases in the excerpt most contribute to a tone of

The underlined words and phrases in the excerpt most contribute to a tone of desperation.

Explanation:

The excerpt shows the emotions and inner thoughts of the character as an unsatisfied person, more specifically an unsatisfied woman since she has been wandering for her true self without finding it, and this leaves to the feeling of desperation for the necessity of finding that totally fulfilling experience that gives her a clear view about herself.

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover". 

the answer is irony!