Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: “Why do th

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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: “Why do th

ey make good neighbours? Isn’t it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him, But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d rather He said it for himself. What is the speaker’s mood in this excerpt?
playful
determined
childish
unhappy

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Ronch [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-11T08:44:01+03:00

Ronch [10]3 years ago

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The speaker's mood appears to be playful. The speaker is asking funny questions and follows the questions with playful answers.

kap26 [50] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-11T06:56:53+03:00

Answer: A) Playful.

Explanation: the mood of a character in a story is the attitude of the character towards a situation of another character. In the given excerpt from "Mending Wall" the speaker has a playful mood towards his neighbour and the situation where he was asked to build a wall, and he doesn't understand what is the point. To express his point of view he asks questions and he has a playful attitude.