Question

What is the overall tone of this excerpt from "When We Two Parted" by Lord Byron?

They name thee before me,
A knell to mine ear;
A shudder comes o'er me—
Why wert thou so dear?
They know not I knew thee,
Who knew thee too well:--
Long, long shall I rue thee,
Too deeply to tell.

In secret we met—
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee!--
With silence and tears.

A)SOMBER
B)DISSTRESSFUL
C)BITTERSWEET
D)JOYFUL

Answer 1

B
That has to be right or it would have to be
A

Answer 2

The overall tone is B) distressful.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Lord Byron's Poem "When We Two Parted", the speaker is describing the way he feels after a breakup. Since other people don't know about this previous relationship, they mention his loved one's name, and that causes the speaker great pain. His tone is sad; he employs words that indicate he laments having lost that other person, such as "rue", "grieve", "silence", and "tears". He believes he woudn't even be able to greet the other person without crying if they were to meet again someday.