Examples self-express better than words,
Opinions vary in diverse and various ranges,
So why none of you gives actual illustrations,
To explicitly explain in clear experiences?
For example, take well-known verses to debate,
Not just talk of poems with nothing to illustrate.
Thus the discussion is seen with no destination,
Only talk as if the debate is nothing to mention.
Sao Puthpong, Cambodia
This poem is my comment on the debate on "What is the difference between mood and tone in poems?"
Peter Kalnin • Here are my two cents: I think we crossed over some lines earlier on in this discussion when a comment was made about the mood of the author setting the tone of the piece. The mood of the author may or may not have anything to do with the tone of the piece; it is the mood of the reader that the author is attempting to move through the tone of the piece of writing. I remind my students that Walt Disney did the original artwork for Mickey Mouse, but was NOT Mickey Mouse himself; J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter, but she herself is not Harry Potter. And similarly, Stephen King or Edgar Allan Poe may not be afraid when they write some quite chilling stories. "Sleeping in a garage does not make you a car." We may want to evoke a particular mood through very careful choices of wording, rhetorical devices, and images, but as artists, we may be in a very creative/contemplative/inspired mood quite unlike what we are trying for in our writing.
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