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Read this excerpt from ""The Seafarer."" ""… No man sheltered/On the quiet fairness of earth can feel/How wretched I was…"" Which of these best describes the tone evoked by these words?

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despondence

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that these words best describe a tone of despondence. This term refers to an felling of losing courage or hope and going into a depressive suicidal state. Which can be inferred by the "wretched" feeling that the writer states, which means a that the individual is in a very unhappy or unfortunate state

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