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To Look At Any Thing Mood
There are many distinct moods that were described in the instructions of the poem To Look at Any Thing. For example, when the author wrote "you must look at it long," I imagine a very enraged and irritable mood because, waiting for something that takes time requires patients; in which those who do not have patience become irritated. For instance, when a computer loads slowly and you have to wait, you develop an impatience and anger towards its malfunctions. Another example was the next instruction, in which it emanates the same unhappy mood when the author wrote "you must be the dark snake," my mindsets the mood as dark and frightening since snakes are known to be dangerous and terrifying animals. In addition, since the poem described a snake
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