Ls-13 A Winter Night-Lesson explanation

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Ls-13 CW
Ls-13 A Winter Night
- Sara Teasdale

I. Word meanings
smite: to strike or hit hard
pacing: walking up and down a small area several times
to and fro: backwards and forwards
A1. Q/ans
1. Which season is being described in the poem?
Ans. Winter season is being described in the poem.

2.How has the speaker described the weather?

Ans. The window pane is started with frost, the
world is bitter cold tonight, the moon is cruel, and
the wind is like a two-edged sword to smite.
4. What does the speaker mean by ‘My room is like a
bit of June’? Why is her room ‘like a bit of June’?
Ans.The speaker‘s room is quite warm because her
room is close-curtailed fold on fold.