Question

And when you opened your wings to wind, across the punched- tin sky above a prison courtyard, those condemned to death and those condemned to life watched how smooth and sweet a white cloud glides. The poet's word choice in these lines conveys a tone of _____.

Answer 1

The poet's word choice in these lines conveys a tone of calmness . The poet puts emphasis on  a sense of peace. The poet can make any real object beautiful and represents this through a cloud. The cloud is beautiful and it can flow and move throughout the space freely. It can also take up different forms. This state of calmness the cloud represents can even be appreciated by people condemned to death. The calmness of the cloud is above our material life.