Identify the rhyme scheme in the given stanza:

I leant upon a coppice gate

When Frost was spectre-grey,

And Winter's dregs made desolate

The weakening eye of day.

The tangled bine-stems scored the sky

Like strings of broken lyres,

And all mankind that haunted nigh

Had sought their household fires.

Fill in the table with suitable examples from the poem.

Fill in the table with suitable examples from the poem.

Hardy has used a specific style in bringing out the theme of the poem. Complete the table by identifying the images / words / phrases used in the poem.

Figures of speech

a) Identify the Simile in the poem and explain.

b) Identify and explain an alliteration.

c) What is a metaphor? The poem has several metaphors. One has been done as an example. Find the others and explain them.

Identify words that signify positivity and negativity in the poem: