Ballad Of Reading Gaol Diction

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Most poems are about love or heartbreak, but not many are the tragedy that occurs in prison. Surely everyone who goes to jail deserves what is coming; some might even call it karma. Although, individuals do not think about how that person might have gone to jail for. The ballet depicts how Oscar Wilde and the other inmate witnessed another inmate be hanged and mocked. In section 5 of Ballad of Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde uses diction, repetition and consistent rhyme to lay out the tone and mood of the poem. The author uses diction that ties in with the overall tone and mood of the ballad. The tone of the ballad is depressed and the mood is sympathy. Some example of the author uses diction to contribute to the tone and mood is, “...All that

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