What tone will be best suited to the following poem.
And, by the incantation of this verse,
Scatter, as from an
Un extinguished hearth
Ashes and Sparks, my words
among mankind!
Be through my lips to
Unawakened' Earth
The trumphet of a prophecy! O wind
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
1
regret
2
exultation
3
optimism
4
gloomy