Ocean Poem Mood

Tone is very similar to mood and often both are connected to one another. This is definitely the case in these two poems since both share very similar moods and tones. The mood of peace and tranquility is basically how the author feels about both settings, but his feelings in “The Ocean” are different when compared to “Address to the Moon”. In the “The Ocean” the author views the ocean from varying perspectives, which is evident from the text from how he describes the ocean as “Though there be fury on the waves, Beneath them there is none.” He clearly views the ocean as being furious and crazed from the surface but the deeper you go, the calmer and more relaxed parts are shown. This is quite different from “Address to the Moon” where
the moon is seen as a pure paradise, which makes sense since the poem is meant to be a homage of sorts towards the moon, there for its complexity on tone doesn’t show, and is pretty much what the mood gives off.