Tone

In "The Joy of Cooking" by Elaine Magarrell, the tone is very odd. It is both amusing and bitter. The speaker seems to amuse herself by speaking bitterly of her brother and her sister. She gets joy out of preparing her sister's tongue and cooking her brother's heart. However, this tone leads you to believe that this poem is not literal. If it was, I believe that the tone would be dark and sinister. The brightness that this tone gives off says that the speaker is probably just venting about her brother and sister. She has held it in for a long time, and she is letting loose in an odd way.