Question

What is left? / The house is gone / Charred sticks chewed by flame / Smoke /

thinning to a flimsy fog. Gone.

What is left? / Ah, I see you now. / Red-eyed, coughing / Weeping sooty

tears, but alive. / Oh, alive!

1.What is the mood of the stanzas?

2.Underline three words or phrases that convey this mood.

Answer 1

1) The mood is one of loss and eventual joy of being alive.

2) Charred sticks chewed by flame, & Weeping sooty tears, but alive, & Oh, alive!.