Question

What is the setting of the poem?

Options

• The poet has moved from the city to the country side

• The poet talks about the last day of a century

• The poet walks through a forest

• The poet discusses the landscape

Answer 1

The poet discusses the landscape

Explanation:

The poem is set in a bleak winter landscape near a coppice gate. The other options do not describe the poem’s immediate setting: the speaker is not said to have moved from the city or to be walking through a forest. The century’s end is an important context, rather than the physical setting.