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Which best describes the tone that the first stanza of "A Psalm of Life" sets for the rest of the poem?
hopeful and determined
gloomy and dark
cheerful and lighthearted
cloudy and unclear
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hopeful and determined
The opening lines reject a mournful, fatalistic view of life and assert that we must act and live purposefully, setting an uplifting, resolute tone for the rest of the poem.
The opening lines reject a mournful, fatalistic view of life and assert that we must act and live purposefully, setting an uplifting, resolute tone for the rest of the poem.
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