Question

You meet an attractive member of your favorite gender while waiting in line at the cafeteria. Upon initiating conversation, you notice that this person repeats syllables, prolongs certain sounds, pauses frequently while talking, and does not use words that are difficult to say. It certainly won't help your relationship to do this, but if you were to give this individual a diagnosis from DSM-IV, it would most likely be:

Answer 1

I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December.

A magical thing

And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring

Than we were in September,”

I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December.

Review the two poems.

How does the structure compare in both poems?

Both poems have two stanzas.

Both poems are about birds.

Both poems use similes.

Both poems use metaphor.