The type of figurative language that is used through out the whole poem.
What is imagery?
100
The phrase that tells what a certain bird is doing and it show a happy feeling.
What is "A thrush sings?"
200
This word means extremely surprising or impressive.
What is astonishing?
200
The phrase that shows what the author felt like when he was young. This is a simile.
What is "Feels like a child?"
200
The phrase used to paint a picture of what the houses looked like. This was also using a metaphor and personification.
What is "foreheads of houses?"
300
The word that describes a plant or shrub.
What is Laurel?
300
The phrase that is a metaphor and personification. It describes what the houses looked like in a comparison to a human.
What is "foreheads of houses?"
300
The phrase that is used to describe what the garden looked like and how the author saw it. This phrase also helped to describe the attitude and tone of the story.
What is "deep bare garden?"
400
The word that is used to describe how the poet's childhood was. It means not fun or interesting.
What is boredom?
400
This phrase is an example of personification, because it compares something that is a non-human object to doing something that a human would do.
Hint: It talks about a calm and peaceful thing.
What is "bathes the serene?"
400
The phrase that marks the major shift in the poem and it shows how the poet is happy for the season to finally change.
What is "spring soon?"
500
These two lines though out the poem are an example of repetition. They describe a happy emotion about a certain season.
What is "It will be spring soon?"
500
The phrase that describes the bird's voice. It shows that it sounds pleasant.