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.
What is the figure of speech in the first line?
Metaphor
What is the significance of repeating the word "cannot" in all the stanzas?
opinion question
Identify two different sound devices in the first stanza.
Answers may vary
Identify the following sound device and explain its significance: “The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow”
bare/ boughs : alliteration
What is the significance of using the word "will not" in the last stanza?
Opinion Question
Trace the rhyme scheme of the last stanza.
abab
"But a tyrant spell has bound me," What is the figure of speech in this line?
Personification/ metaphor
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