How does the following excerpt from the poem reflect the speaker’s mood? “The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow; The storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. “
The poet is suffering in his life.
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Identify the following sound device and explain its significance: “The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow”
bare/ boughs : alliteration
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Trace the rhyme scheme of the last stanza.
abab
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"But a tyrant spell has bound me," What is the figure of speech in this line?
Personification/ metaphor
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Identify two different sound devices in the first stanza.
Answers may vary
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What is the significance of repeating the word "cannot" in all the stanzas?
opinion question
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What is the significance of using the word "will not" in the last stanza?
