Which pair of words best describes the overall mood of the poem.

A poem is also made up the tone, which is the feeling shown by the author toward a specific subject of the poem. Mood and tone work hand in hand in a poem. The feeling of Regret and disappointment is the mood of this poem.

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Which pair of words BEST describes the overall mood of the poem?

A) grief and sorrow

B) hope and nostalgia

C) desire and ambition

D) regret and disappointment

George Gray

Edgar Lee Masters

I have studied many times

The marble which was chiseled for me--

A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.

In truth it pictures not my destination

But my life. 5

For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;

Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;

Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.

Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.

And now I know that we must lift the sail 10

And catch the winds of destiny

Wherever they drive the boat.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,

But life without meaning is the torture

Of restlessness and vague desire-- 15

It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

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