Question

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: “Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him, But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather He said it for himself. What is the speaker’s mood in this excerpt?

playful
determined
childish
unhappy

Answer 1

Answer: A) Playful.

Step-by-step explanation: the mood of a character in a story is the attitude of the character towards a situation of another character. In the given excerpt from "Mending Wall" the speaker has a playful mood towards his neighbour and the situation where he was asked to build a wall, and he doesn't understand what is the point. To express his point of view he asks questions and he has a playful attitude.

Answer 2

The speaker's mood appears to be playful. The speaker is asking funny questions and follows the questions with playful answers.