Consider the poems.
"She Walks in Beauty"
by George Gordon Byron
She walks in Beauty, like the
night Of cloudless climes and
starry skies; And all that's best
of dark and bright Meet in her
aspect and her eyes: Thus
mellowed to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day
denies.
One shade the more, one ray
the less, Had half impaired the
nameless grace Which waves
in every raven tress, Or softly
An excerpt from "To
Helen"
by Edgar Allan Poe
Helen, thy beauty is to
me Like those Nicean
barks of yore, That gently,
o'er a perfumed sea, The
weary, wayworn
wanderer bore To his own
native shore.
On desperate seas long
wont to roam, Thy
hyacinth hair, thy classic
face, Thy Naiad airs have
brought me home To the
Which statement best describes the tone of the poems?
Both poems are sorrowful, mourning lost loves.
Both poems are complimentary, paying tribute to
loved ones.
Both poems are nostalgic, remembering better times.
Both poems are introspective, thinking about serious
situations.