Margaret Atwood's The Moment

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Margaret Atwood's poem, "The Moment" is a blank verse as you can tell from the lack of rhyming. She used an iambic pentameter, which consists of five iambs that are essentially five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables. Therefore, includes a ten-syllable line that is a predominant rhythm.

The tone was referred to the author’s use of words and her writing style to convey the message of respecting nature and don't abuse nature. I believe the tone of the first stanza is optimistic and feeling accomplished. She is describing a hopeful situation in the first stanza of after working vigorously and taking a break. For instance, when it says, "knowing at last how you got there, and say, I own this." (Atwood 1).

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