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Poetry Out Loud: Tone Mapping
Step 1: Listen to the poem below several times. Think about what tones you hear and any shifts in tone you
notice.
“Jenny Kiss’d Me”
By Leigh Hunt
Jenny kiss’d me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in!
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,
Say I’m growing old, but add,
Jenny kiss’d me.
Step 2: With a partner, identify the different tones in each section of the poem. Consider: How old is the
speaker? How old was the speaker when Jenny kissed him/her? What is the relationship the speaker has with
Time like? Please write in pencil, so you can make changes as we discuss as a class.
Section
Jenny kiss’d me when we met,
Tone
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get sweets into your list,
Put that in!
Say I’m weary,
Say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,
Say I’m growing old,
But add,
Jenny kiss’d me.
Step 3: Listen several times to three different actors recite the following lines from William Shakespeare’s
Hamlet.
“To be or not to be—that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And, by opposing, end them.”
Step 4: Answer the questions below with a partner.
1. How would you describe the tone(s) for each actor?
James Earl Jones:
Michael York:
Mel Gibson:
2. What different questions do the actors seem to be asking?
3. Which performance do you prefer? Why?
abashed
abrasive
abusive
acquiescent
accepting
acerbic
admiring
adoring
affectionate
aghast
allusive
amused
angry
anxious
apologetic
apprehensive
approving
arch
ardent
argumentative
audacious
awe-struck
bantering
begrudging
bemused
benevolent
biting
bitter
blithe
boastful
bored
brisk
bristling
brusque
calm
candid
caressing
caustic
cavalier
childish
child-like
clipped
cold
complimentary
condescending
confident
confused
coy
contemptuous
conversational
critical
curt
cutting
cynical
defamatory
denunciatory
despairing
detached
devil-may-care
didactic
disbelieving
discouraged
disdainful
disparaging
disrespectful
distracted
doubtful
dramatic
dreamy
dry
ecstatic
entranced
enthusiastic
eulogistic
exhilarated
exultant
facetious
fanciful
fearful
flippant
fond
forceful
frightened
frivolous
ghoulish
giddy
gleeful
glum
grim
guarded
guilty
happy
harsh
haughty
heavy-hearted
hollow
horrified
humorous
hypercritical
indifferent
indignant
indulgent
ironic
irreverent
Lesson Plan: The Tone Map
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joking
joyful
languorous
languid
laudatory
light-hearted
lingering
loving
marveling
melancholy
mistrustful
mocking
mysterious
naïve
neutral
nostalgic
objective
peaceful
pessimistic
pitiful
playful
poignant
pragmatic
proud
provocative
questioning
rallying
reflective
reminiscing
reproachful
resigned
respectful
restrained
reticent
reverent
rueful
sad
sarcastic
sardonic
satirical
satisfied
seductive
self-critical
self-dramatizing
self-justifying
self-mocking
self-pitying
self-satisfied
sentimental
serious
severe
sharp
shocked
silly
sly
smug
solemn
somber
stern
straightforward
stentorian
strident
stunned
subdued
swaggering
sweet
sympathetic
taunting
tense
thoughtful
threatening
tired
touchy
trenchant
uncertain
understated
upset
urgent
vexed
vibrant
wary
whimsical
withering
wry
zealous