Answer:
Overall the tone is intimate, ironic and confessional. It's as if the speaker is whispering to the reader, drawing them ever closer in, just as the song does with the sailors in the ancient Greek myths
I believe the answer is "<span>They did not want to appear divided in front of their armies."</span>
The poet says about the poetry that poem should be read slowly and understood well over a period of time.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The poem "Unfolding bud" has been written by a Japanese poet whose name is Naoshi Koriyama. The poem compares the growing and the flowering of a water lily to the process of the understanding of a poem.
The poet in this poem says that it is very important that in order to understand the poem well, the poem should be read slowly and understood over a period of time.
