Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below.

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love is come to me.

QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)

The City is So Big

by Richard Garcia

I have seen machines eating houses

And stairways walk all by themselves

And elevator doors opening and closing And people disappear.

What is the mood?

Dreams, by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

What is the mood?

I Dream a World by Langston Hughes

A world I dream where black or white,

Whatever race you be,

Will share the bounties of the earth

And every man is free,

What is the mood?

Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou

Don’t show me frogs and snakes

And listen for my scream,

If I'm afraid at all

It’s only in my dreams.

What is the mood?

The Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

What is the mood?

from "The Story of King Midas"

There was a king named Midas, and what he loved best in the world was gold. He had plenty of his own, but he could not bear the thought of anyone else having any. Each morning he awoke very early to watch the sunrise and said, "Of all the gods, if gods there be, I like you least, Apollo. How dare you ride so unthriftily in your sun­chariot, scattering golden sheaves of light on rich and poor alike—on king and peasant, on merchant, shepherd, warrior? This is an evil thing, oh wastrel god, for only kings should have gold; only the rich know what to do with it."

What is the mood of this passage?

The ill­fated ship set sail in late November; it was already listing as it left the harbor. I remember my mother anxiously looking toward the ominously darkening sky. Before nightfall, dreadful weather caught up with us, and the storm raged on for hours, tossing the ship violently. We were terrified as the night grew darker; we could tell the list was getting worse. By morning we knew that our worst fears were being realized; we would have to use the lifeboats if we were going to survive. We prepared to abandon the doomed ship.

The mood of this passage could best be described as