Question

HELP ASAP PLZZ Read this passage from the golden cat by Oliver Herford

great is the golden cat who Treads the Blue Roof Garden or our heads the never tired smiling one the human people called a son he stretches for his pot Don and though the blinds are closely John his claws people like sons of Light to catch the fluttering bird of night.

describe the tone of the passage using specific examples from the poem to support your claims then identify the mood of the passage by explaining the poems impact on you

Answer 1

The tone praises and elevates the cat.

Step-by-step explanation:

Oliver Herford was an English writer and illustrator, born in Sheffield. Through all the poem, the speaker uses a semantic field that refers to something elevated, in this case, the golden cat. The speaker also uses rhetorical devices, specially different types of comparisons, such as comparing the cat with the sun in the lines The never tires smiling One/That Human People call Sun.

The cat is also described as a joyful and happy creature that makes the Fields and Meadows purr. At the end, the speaker describes an imaginary scenario without the cat, describing it with words like flat or dull.

Due to all this elements, the speaker praises and elevates the cat, comparing it to the Sun.

Answer 2

Great is the Golden Cat who treads

The Blue Roof Garden o’er our heads,

The never tired smiling One

That Human People call the Sun.

He stretches forth his paw at dawn

And though the blinds are closely drawn

His claws peep through like Rays of Light,

To catch the fluttering Bird of Night.

Through comparing the sun with the graciousness of a cat, the author expresses a admiring, praising tone. It might give us a peaceful and joyful sensation imagining the scene of a playing cat.