TOPIC: The sentimental mode is used frequently by writers of the second half of the eighteenth century to invite readers to feel with the plight of the vulnerable and the victimized. Analyze the function and effectiveness of sentimental appeals in several of our course poems. The sentimental mode is used frequently by writers of the second half of the eighteenth century to invite readers to feel with the plight of the vulnerable and the victimized. Analyze the function and effectiveness of sentimental appeals in several of our course poems. The sentimental mode is used frequently by writers of the second half of the eighteenth century to invite readers to feel with the plight of the vulnerable and the victimized. Analyze the function and effectiveness of sentimental appeals in several of our course poems.