Question

Match the lines from each poem to the mood or tone they convey.

nostalgia

Tomorrow/ I'll be at the table/ When company comes

(from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)

resentment

Often in thought go up and down 
The pleasant streets of that dear old town, 
And my youth comes back to me.

(from "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

resilience

Not everlastingly while others sleep
Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute,
Not always bend to some more subtle brute;   
We were not made eternally to weep.

(from "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen)

hope

They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong . . .

(from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)

Answer 1

The correct answers are:

Hope - Tomorrow I'll be at the table When company comes (from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)

Nostalgia - Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. (from "My Lost Youth" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Resentment - Not everlastingly while others sleep Shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, Not always bend to some more subtle brute; We were not made eternally to weep. (from "From the Dark Tower" by Countee Cullen)

Resilience - They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong . . . (from "I, Too" by Langston Hughes)

Step-by-step explanation:

I got it right on the Edmentum test.

Answer 2

According to my calculations:

Nostalgia: with "Often in thought"

Resilience: with "They send me to eat"

Hope: with "Tomorrow, I'll be at the table"

Resentment: with "Not everlastingly"