Read this excerpt from the poem "Lincoln Looked.”


Lincoln looked and looked

and looked for the moment

that the nation would open

its eyes and rise to the occasion.


And when that moment appeared,

Lincoln looked no further

but instead he got to work

re-creating the country

we live in today, and the country

we look back on in wonder.


Which word best describes the author’s tone?

critical

admiring

humorous

unhappy