Beyond tone, a poet's attitude toward his or her subject reveals to us a poem's
a. subject.
b. theme.
c. structure.
d. diction.

Theme

Beyond tone, a poet's attitude toward his or her subject reveals to us a poem's theme. A theme is the author's main idea or message about the subject.

A great example of this is the poem "Do Not Go Gentle". The speaker of the poem talks about all the different types of men that "Do not go gentle into that good night." They "rage, rage against t of the light." The speaker talks about how all the men fight death and in the last stanza urges his father to fight death. The author's attitude toward fighting death helps demonstrate the theme that fighting death is imperative.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)