Hi! :) The tone is the feeling the the author creates using their words. A writer can make a story feel scary if they use words that indicate that mood like if they described a hauted house. They would say that it is dark, makes creaking noises, abandoned, old, or mysterious. The tone of a story creates the setting and mood for the reader to relate to and feel more engaged with the story.
I would say that it does follow the way in which a writer follows a writing process because they can't see that.
What is the poem?
If you can tell me what its called I cannhelp.