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Ballad of driblet whitethorn lee side in Gwendolyn Brooks roadway in BronzevilleGwendolyn Brooks Ballad of Pearl May Lee came from her book called Street in Bronzeville. This book exemplifies Brooks dual place in American literature (Smith, 2). It is associated with Modernist poetry, as well as the Harlem Renaissance. This book is known for its theme of victimizing the poor, black woman. Ballad of Pearl May Lee is a poem that uses purport to represent the complex pique of the ballad. While tone and idea are often used interchangeably, on that point are differences even though they often work together in a poem. A poems mood refers to the atmosphere or state of mind that the poem takes on. This is often conveyed through the tone, which is the style or manner of expression through writing. In this poem, bear uses tone to arouse the mood. This paper will shed light on the idea that the mood of the poem is affected by the tone in several shipway in order to make the m ood inconsistent. Some of the ways that tone does this is by several episodic shifts in the scene of the poem, the repetition of stanzas at the end of the poem, the use of diction, and the change in the speakers spatial relation throughout the poem. These poetic techniques enhance the speakers current smelling of self-pity and revengeful satisfaction by her mixed emotions associated with this reflection. To begin, the episodic shifts in scenes in this ballad enhance the speakers emotional confusion. Almost e genuinely(prenominal) stanza has its own time and place in the speakers memory, which sparks assorted emotions with each. For example, the first stanza is her memory of herself at her house and it has a mocking, carefree mood. She says, I cut my lungs with laughter, meaning that... ... was meant to serve as insight as to how Brooks used the tone to create a mood that was inconsistent with an lie theme of self-pity. She has a way with words, and I feel that this b allad is very representative of her skill as a writer.Works CitedMootry, Maria K. burnt umber Mabbie and Pearl May Lee Gwendolyn Brooks and the Ballad Tradition. Vale Rutgers Univerisity Libraries. http//galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&OP=contains&locID=rutgers&srchtp.htmlSmith, Gary. Gwendolyn Brooks A Street in Bronzeville, the Harlem Renaissance and the Mythologies of threatening Women. Vale Rutgers University Libraries. http//galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?locID=rutgers&frmhyp=1&srchtp=athr&c=2&.htmlSollors, Werner. An Anthology of Interracial Literature. Ballad of Pearl May Lee. New York University Press. 2004. p. 577-580.