Read this sentence from silent spring. along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye through much of the year. which best states a comparison of the tones used in these excerpts? both excerpts are negative, but the second excerpt has a more negative tone. both excerpts are positive, but the first excerpt has a more serious tone. both excerpts are despairing, but the first excerpt has a gloomier tone. both excerpts are uplifting, but the second excerpt is more conversational in tone.