English Do as directed.

The sun, stars, clouds, moon, wind, space are things in nature that can say the given lines.

Personification – the brook is given the human quality of ‘lingering’ and ‘loitering’.

Personification – sunbeam is given the human quality of ‘dancing’.

1. Antithesis: two words it opposite meaning ‘come’ and ‘go’ are used in the same line for a better poetic effect.
2. Repetition: the word ‘men’ is repeated for a better poetic effect.

Alliteration – the sound of ‘f is repeated in ‘foamy’ and ‘flake’ for a better poetic effect.

Antithesis – two words of opposite meaning ‘here’ and ‘there’ are used in the same line for poetic effect.

Antithesis – two opposite words ‘in’ and ‘out’ are used in the same line for a better poetic effect.

Repetition – the word ‘chatter’ is repeated for a poetic effect.

Alliteration – the sound of ‘w’ is repeated in the world ‘with’, ‘willow’ and ‘weed’.

Inversion – the word order has been changed. The correct word order is T fret my banks with many a curve’.

Personification – the brook has been given the human quality of ’chattering’.

Alliteration – the sound of ’f is repeated in ’farm’ and ’flow’ for a better poetic effect and also the word Philip as it has an ’f sound.

Hyperbole – the statement is exaggerated for a poetic effect.

Inversion: the prose order has been changed. The correct word order is ’I hurry down by thirty hills’.
Alliteration: the sound of ‘h’ repeated in hills and hurry for poetic effect.

Personification – the brook has been given the human quality of ’bickering’.

Alliteration – the sound of ’s’ is repeated in ’sudden’ and ’sally’ for a better poetic effect.

Alliteration – the sound of ’h’ is repeated in ’haunts’ and ’hern’ in a pleasant manner.

• blossom – sail
• swallow – skim
• sunbeam – dance

The mood/tone of the poem is cheerful as it traces the journey of a happy brook right from its origin to its mouth. There is a hint of music in lines that helps us visualize the flow of the brook.

Rhyme scheme – abab.

I wind about, and in and out.

from, among, to, in, with, etc.

many a curve, many a fairy foreland, many a silvery water break.