<u>Which lines best depict a joyous mood?</u>
<em>All things rejoice in youth and love,/The fulness of their first delight!</em>
An author's <u>choice of words</u> is key to evoke a specific mood and tone on the reader. For example, the words <em>"rejoice", "love" </em>and<em> "delight"</em> are indicative of a <u>joyous mood</u>.
The remaining sentences contain words or phrases that evoke a gloomy, melancholic or mysterious mood <em>"cry", "cold, and dark, and dreary", "rains", "night-hawks" </em>or<em> "booming, towards the trees". </em>