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Surname 1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem Tone The author, Matthew Olzmann, uses an approval tone in his poem, “Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem.” The tone that the author uses is evident in the poem from the word selection that he uses to describe his lover. The author talks about various praises and positive attributes of the lover. The tone selection is approval since the author is trying to approve of his love and affection towards the lover. One of the praises that the author talks about in the poem is, “You have soft hands” (Olzmann 8). The author gives positive attributes that attract him to the lover. The author even goes on to compliment on the cooking skills of the lover; “Because you make that pork recipe you found in the Frida Kahlo Cookbook” (Olzmann 18,19). The author gives praises of her lover right from the beginning of the poem up to the end. Mood The mood that the Matthew Olzmann set on the reader is a romantic mood. The poem, Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem, creates a romantic feeling in the reader right from the first line of the poem to the last line. The author sets a romantic mood since he continually talks about his lover all through the poem and how they love each other. The author talks about the reasons why their marriage will work.

Surname 2 The author tries to show the reader the firm affection that his lover has for him such that she never includes his name in the list of the people she’s mad at; “…you’re mad at, and my name almost never appears there” (Olzmann 17). That is a clear indication of the romantic nature of the affair between the author and his lover. Comments The author is very selective on the nature of the words that he uses in the poem to bring out the mood and tone of the poem. The author gives vivid descriptions of his lover with helps the audience to visualize the beauty of the lover. The tone of the poem is appropriate to the subject matter since the author is trying to approve of the beauty and love that he has for his lover. Although the author would have chosen to use other various tones, the one that will be outstanding and the best for the subject matter of the poem is approval tone. Also, the author does not choose to use compound words to describe the lover which makes the reading appropriate for a vast group of individuals. Matthews Olzmann uses a romantic mood in the poem. In one of the lines in the poems, the author tends to show the reader that his lover never gets mad at him. The line sets the reader in a mood of romance since people who are in love are not expected to get crazy over their lovers. Both the mood and tone selection of the author are appropriate for the subject and audience of the poem. The author has described several aspects of their relationship within a short and precise poem. The author explains to the reader why, according to him, he thinks their marriage will work. He goes on and gives several reasons which should act as evidence of their marriage approval....