The eye is drawn to that single yellow star

Question

that no wise man will follow.
The hunched men in caps, the grimacing woman
her eyes screwed up, cheeks hollow.

We look and look again until we burn a hole
in the paper. We strive to learn
from their resignation but it is beyond us.
We let them burn.

what do you think the tone diction and theme is ? thanks!

Answer 1

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_D.html

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_T.html

Look up the terms in these webpages, and let us know what you decide.