Reread lines 1-15. how does the description of the "approaching darkness" change the tone of the poem? what happens to the starfish the speaker leaves behind? support your answer with explicit text evidence.

Approaching darkness adds a darker feeling to the poem. It makes it feel darker and sadder about the deaths of the starfish. The word suicide in the text makes it also have a darker tone. The mood completely changes in this excerpt because of the talk of death and darkness. It sounds like in the text that the starfish(s) dies at the end, a bunch of them. The poem definitely displays a darker mood. In the excerpt together: little martyrs, soldiers, artless suicides is part of the poem that relates to "approaching darkness. " Hope this helps! :)