Question

So sung a little Clod of Clay,

Trodden with the cattle’s feet;

But a Pebble of the brook

Warbled out these metres meet:

Questions :

i) Name the poem and the poet?

ii) Write the poetic device of the given lines?

iii) What is the rhyme scheme of the given lines?​

Answer 1

Answer:The clod in this poem represents innocence. Its view of love is, according to Joseph Heffner, full of "childlike innocence." The choice of a clod of clay to represent this innocent view of love is significant because it is soft, and this view point is easily squished by life, or in this poem the foot of a cow.

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