Answer: formal and uplifting
Explanation:
In the poem "The Swan" Rilke compares humans lives with the swan. In that way the writer makes a comparison between the difficult and strange that humans lives can be with the strange way in which the swan walks. However, when the swan enters the water its movement is soft and smooth such like when humans die, the transition from life to death is smooth. This demonstrates the tone used in the poem that is quite formal because of the language and uplifting because of the ideas.
