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mood

In grammar, the form a verb takes to indicate the type of action the sentence expresses. The four moods a verb can take in English are indicative, interrogative, subjunctive, and imperative.

mood

In music, the relationship between the long and the breve in mensural notation.

mood

In art appreciation, the general atmosphere, or state of mind and feelings, that a work of art generates. For example, the mood of a painting could be disturbing or tranquil, dark or energetic.

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In poetry, the temper of a poem. Mood is determined by the writer's choice of words, syntax, rhyme scheme, and other elements that govern a poem's music and structure. A poem's mood may be melancholic, aggressive, contemplative, philosophical, or joyous – it can embody all the human emotions.



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Complete surrender to a particular mood until the mood itself surrenders to the artist, and afterwards silent ceaseless toil until a form worthy of its expression has been achieved -- this is the method of Li Po and his fellows.
Angry of mood he went, from his eyes, likest to fire, stood out a hideous light.
The little stinging, buzzing imps succeeded in dispelling a mood which might have held her there in the darkness half a night longer.
 
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