“The birds around me hopp’d and play’d Their thoughts I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made

Question

Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer the following.

“The birds around me hopp’d and play’d

Their thoughts I cannot measure,

But the least motion which they made

It seem’d a thrill of pleasure”.

(а) What is the rhyme scheme? 

(b) Name the poem and poet.

Answer 1

(a) The rhyme scheme is ‘abab’. 

(b) The poem is ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ written by William Wordsworth.