Question

Pick out the images in Stanza 1 that convey the following moods

• thoughtfulness
• despondency

Answer 1

• Thoughtfulness: “I leant upon a coppice gate” suggests the speaker has paused to reflect.
• Despondency: “Frost was spectre-grey,” “Winter’s dregs made desolate,” and “the weakening eye of day” create a bleak, dying atmosphere.