Ill give you a Medal
What is the tone of the poem?
What types of figurative language was used
for we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way
And we have danced to the devils' tunes,
shivering home to pray
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day

Question

Ill give you a Medal 
What is the tone of the poem? 
What types of figurative language was used
for we have thought the longer thoughts 
And gone the shorter way 
And we have danced to the devils' tunes, 
shivering home to pray 
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day

anonymous · Answer

It could mean a few things, the thing I thought of was.:

For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
= Wanted to go farther or didn't make it quite like he thought, so took the next option in life(the shorter way)

And we have danced to devils' tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
= Done evil deeds and was ashamed then made it back home to hope for forgiveness in god, or that something out there wouldn't get them back or they would not get in trouble.

To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
= maybe was a servant.
or maybe a master in the night was referred to god, and the one in the day was an addiction, or something happened as a child when they had to serve or act a certain way because of abusive parents.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks but I was wanting to know what the tone was and figurative language

ghazi · Answer

simile (way, pray , day)  and metaphor i guess but i dont see metaphor

ghazi · Answer

that is the figurative language

anonymous · Answer

Is it a multiple choice question? If so, what are the options, I could help you eliminate the others till we find the answer :)

anonymous · Answer

Pray is not a simile or metaphor, it's a verb, and way and day are nouns. (Way is kinda more than one thing.)

anonymous · Answer

No multiple choice :p that's why I needed help :\  Im probably just going to say none but for the tone I Dont know what to do ?

anonymous · Answer

Are you like saving your answeed help I need help NAO and can't xDD hen I need help I need help NAO and can't xDD I'd say the tone is sorrowful and regretful. If you have to say whyyy, I'd throw in there was a hint of repentance :)

anonymous · Answer

Thank you :) ..haha I didn't get what u said in the beginning but thanks for the tone :) by repentance what do you mean ?

anonymous · Answer

Well, in my opinion, this guy (who's in the poem) feels like he'd take it back if he could and is sorry ;)

anonymous · Answer

thanks so much you were a big help:)

anonymous · Answer

Not a problem, thanks for my first medal! <^_^>

anonymous · Answer

welcome