The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What is the tone of memmeline Grangerford's art and poetry?

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As Huck grows acclimated to his new home, he learns that the family had a younger daughter named Emmeline who passed away several years earlier. She was a talented poet and painter, and concentrated her work on eulogies for the dead. Huck thinks Emmeline's poetry is very beautiful and wishes that he could compose some lines devoted to Emmeline, but is unable to come up with anything.

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Huck also thinks the poetry is dark and depressing.