Question

My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near between the woods and frozen lake the darkest evening of the year. Figure of speech

Answer 1

ALLITERATION- His house is in the village though (line 2)

He will not see me stopping here (line 3)

To watch his woods fill up with snow (line 4)

He gives his harness bells a shake (line 9)

*HYPERBOLE-

To watch his woods fill up with snow

*METAPHOR -

He gives his harness bells a shake,

To ask if there is some mistake. (lines 9-10)

Comparison of the sound of the bells to a questioning voice that asks whether there is a mistake

*PERSONIFICATION/METAPHOR-

My little horse must think it queer

Comparison of the horse to a human. Only a human can determine whether something is "queer."

*END RHYME

The end rhyme in the poem is as follows:

First stanza, aaba

Second stanza, bbcb

Third stanza, ccdc

Fourth stanza, dddd

*INTERNAL RHYME

Here are examples of internal rhyme in the poem

He will not see me stopping here (line 3)

My little horse must think it queer (line 5)

To stop without a farmhouse near (line 6

Between the woods and frozen lake (line 7)

The darkest evening of the year (line 8)

Answer 2

Identify the figure of speech of above poetic lines.

To watch his woods fill up with snow

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farm house near