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What is the tone of the poem acquainted with the night?

What is the tone of the poem acquainted with the night?

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  1. From the very first line of the poem, its tone is set which is pervasively pessimistic. The whole poem describes isolation in an existentialist manner. The tone is that of an inevitable tragedy which is the “essence of man’s existence in his lonely human state.”

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    1. Summary of Acquainted With the Night
    2. Analysis of Acquainted With the Night

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