Ironic Tone In Ella Wheeler Wilcox's Poem

In “Solitude” Ella Wheeler Wilcox crafts an overall realistic tone through her use of imagery, details, and syntax to that it is relatable to the reader’s emotions. First, the author displays imagery throughout the poem to display the realistic tone. For example, the author writes, “Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by.” (Wilcox). In this example, the readers can clearly imagine this event taking place. In addition, the readers can visualize a person feasting, while a large delighted crowd joins, crowding there halls. Consequently, the readers can picture a lonesome person fasting; however, no one accompanies them, as the world goes by. Since the reader can envision the situations in the poem, there is a realistic tone, and the readers can distinguish the variety of emotions. In this particular quote as well as throughout the whole poem, the author uses imagery to establish the evident tone.
For instance, the author writes, “Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all.” (Wilcox). The author describes friendship by suggesting that if you are an overall joyful person, then you are accepted in society, and “your friends are many”. Although, if you are depressed, then you are rejected by society, and you sacrifice all of your relationships, “you lose them all”. These details allow the reader to relate to either element of these lines since the details connect to real-life situations that they have been through. The details pertaining to friendship is realistic as well as relatable since the readers can recognize the different