Any sound with a particular quality, pitch, strength, source, etc... A stress on a syllable of a word.
Example[:
*Produce*
1. Pruh-DOOS (verb) ; to make, to bring existence to.
2. PROH-doos (noun) ; something that is made or produced.
~ The same word has different pronunciation, it has different emphasize on different syllables. So the tone is different.
Significance[:
In poems, or any writing at all, tones are important because if you read it a different way than it's actually supposed to be, then it might mean a different meaning, causing the text you're reading harder for you to comprehend. Especially in poems, if you read a word in the wrong tone, the flow of the poem when read (RED, not REED) aloud will not sound right.
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