IN THE Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
by William Shakespeare
How does the speaker’s tone help carry the poem’s theme?
A.
The cynical tone develops the theme of how harm done by a friend feels worse than the cold wind that blows on a winter night.
B.
The gloomy tone brings out the transient nature of friendship as friends, just like the winter wind, die or move away and do not stay forever.
C.
The regretful tone develops the theme of how the winter wind, though jolly, cannot make a good friend because it is invisible.
D.
The cheerful tone brings out the theme of optimism that one must be jolly because there is more to life than friendship and winter winds.