Can someone help me please?

What is the tone of the poem?
What types of figurative language was used?

Chapter Heading
For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devils' tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
‐Ernest Hemingway

Question

Can someone help me please?

What is the tone of the poem?
What types of figurative language was used?

Chapter Heading
For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devils' tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
‐Ernest Hemingway

anonymous · Answer

metaphor?i think.....its calm but very old style kinda..

anonymous · Answer

what do u think it is?

anonymous · Answer

I don't know honestly I mean I've always loved hemingway but I don't know how to call out what tone & figurative language its used.

anonymous · Answer

hold on a second....

anonymous · Answer

I mean I understand completely understand the meaning of the poem but I just don't know the tone and figurative language.
Thank you I appreciate you helping me.

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 didnt make it quiet 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 ashmed then made it back home to hope for forgiveness in god, or that something out there wouldnt get them back or they would not get in trouble. 

To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
= maybe was a servent. 
or maybe a master in the ngiht was refferded to god, and the one in the day was an addiction, or something happend as a child when they had to serve or act a certain way because of abbusive parents.

anonymous · Answer

I mean I understand completely it's about a complex relationship with god...

I just need to know the tone and figurative language of the poem..

anonymous · Answer

its kind of sad...evil...and stuff but the figurative im sure is a metaphor....but idk about the tone ...because we all have different opinions...sorry haha...but im sure its sad...harsh...abusive... so maybe like that...

anonymous · Answer

No, thank you, you have been very helpful.

anonymous · Answer

ahhaha its no problem i guess...

anonymous · Answer

thanks for the medal

anonymous · Answer

no problem!