The chart below shows how the poem's imagery and figurative language
convey the speaker's feelings about the different seasons. Fill in the missing
boxes with their implied meaning.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
"The winter wind's a scrappy hound
with gleaming eye and frosty breath."
"till spring creeps in on kitten feet
and gently worries off the beast."
"With velvet sighs, spring melts the
snow to fill the rushing creeks below."
MEANING