Read these lines of poetry: O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Which word best describes the tone of these lines? A. eager B. proud C. fearful D. humble
It would be proud, because the speaker is proud of America, proud of the beautiful, spacious skies, for the mountains and the plains, the speaker is proud of America.
