In “The Poet”, Tom Wayman uses a informative, and annoyed tone by using an unorganized  form without periods and little punctuation to show the reader how complicated and confusing a poet's mind actually is. The author also uses a lot of negatives like “cannot” or “does not” to show that he is annoyed by a poet's complexities. The fact that the poem uses little punctuation shows how unorganized and confusing a poet is. The author says “cannot handle “yes-no” questions.” This quote is making a generalization and it does that a lot throughout a poem which also shows how it has an annoyed tone. Tom Wayman uses this tone and unorganized form to show the reader how unorganized and complex a poet's mind is.