neutral tones

Question 1

the sun was ____ as though chidden of god

Answer 1

white - no warmth, cold and bleak, biblical imagery chidden = rebuked

Question 2

a few leaves lay on the _______

were ____

Answer 2

starving sod - dead/dying strugggling to survive , reflects rship
grey - void of colour lack of liveliness

Question 3

tedious _____

Answer 3

riddles - oxymoron - highlights frustration in rship - was fun but is getting old

Question 4

the smile on your mouth ______

Answer 4

was the deadest thing - juxtaposition - superlaitve shows how lifeless her expression was though she was trying to fake it

Question 5

aive enough ______

Answer 5

to have strength to die

was once very different - actually happy warmth love

Question 6

love … ______,

Answer 6

wrings with wrong - alliteration highlights his angguish + sounds bitter

Question 7

_____ sun,

Answer 7

God-curst biblical imagery, angrier more aggressive lang

Question 8

last stanza caesura

Answer 8

highlights anger that has overcome him

Question 9

a pond __________

Answer 9

edged with greyish leaves

cyclical structure, calm again, back to mourning n bein sad

Question 10

structure

Answer 10

4 reg quatrains - highly controlled and considered - reflectiveness
ccylcical - pain is rleentlss
irregular rhythm in final stanza - fleeting anger