Tone and Mood

Author’s Note: This essay is about “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell, “Field Below” by Regina Spektor, and “Wordplay” by Jason Mraz. As the author of this essay I am informing the reader on the similarities and differences between each poem and the song for the Tone and Mood.

“Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell:

I feel that the author wrote this poem to send a message out to everyone destroying the environment. She is basically saying that yes, you are destroying the environment almost 24/7 but when it’s all gone you going to want it back so bad. The tone of the poem is aggravated because she is angry with the people of the world and how they are treating it. The mood of this poem is disappointed with themselves and how they have been treating nature. The tone is different between this poem and “Wordplay” by Jason Mraz, in this poem it is aggravated and in the song it is happy feeling as if he is on top of the world! The mood is also different, in this poem it is disappointed and in the song it gets you in the mood to do something big for the world, or just your community in general.

“Field Bellow” by Regina Spektor:

I feel that the author wrote this poem to say to the world that under all of the disaster (buildings, parking lots, technology, etc.) there is a wonderful world waiting to be discovered once more. The tone of the poem is depressed or sad, because she is sad that nature has been destroyed. The mood of the poem is sympathetic, because she is trying to get them to feel sorry and start changing the world. The tone is different between the poem and my song, in this poem it is depressed or sad, in the song it is extremely happy with himself. The poem and the song have the same moods, because she is trying to get people to do something for the world and feel great, while in the song he is trying to almost persuade them that they could also be on top of the world, they just need to get out and help with it.