Which best describes the tone of the speaker of this poem? a) joyous and happy b) laughing and comical c) complaining and critical d) miserable and despairing

You didn't provide the poem excerpt. If i were to guess it has to be A or D

Explanation:

Because you didn't finish i don't know what to put XD

old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.

sentence lenght varies according to word choice.you select which word to use and that will require to use other expressions that collocate with the word chosen.sentence length will vary   according to the choice of words you make to express your ideas.