Read this stanza from walt whitman's poem "i hear america singing":the delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washingwhich word best describes the tone in this stanza? HAPPY
The words and phrases "delicious singing" and "the young wife" are all have a positive connotation. The poem is a celebration of America. This eliminates any options that have a negative connotation which are all the words except for happy. A person who is resentful is one who wishes they had what someone else has and holds it against them. Mournful is the same as sadness. Tired is sleepy.
