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What Is The Mood Of This Big Sky

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The poetry book “This Big Sky” is set in a peaceful, but at the same time aggressive, setting. The theme of nature exhibits those two characteristics, which then becomes part of the poetry in the book. The mood shifted multiple times throughout the writing, sometimes a little mysterious, other times peaceful and joyous. A poem on page 13 describes a racoon, swiftly and silently moving up golden stairs. This evokes a feeling of mystery in me due to the fact that I didn’t know where the stairs were going to lead the animal to. The poem even mentioned the word, “mysteriously”. The mood also gave off a peaceful feel when one of the poems talked about an open sky, which made me feel free and full of peace. I believe that this was also the tone

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