To the Thawing Wind Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Think of a time when everyone was stuck in their homes and had to avoid meeting others. This situation is like the Poets. He is waiting for Spring so that he can go outside.
  2. 3. The poet's desire to see the soil hidden underneath the winter snow, portrayed through a metaphor.
  3. 4. The poet's desired season that brings hope and inspiration.
  4. 5. The poet's mood in the first 5 lines of the poem.
  5. 6. "___________ poems on the floor)
  6. 9. What does the "singer" and "nester" refer to?
  7. 12. What is this poetic device: "Give the buried flowers a dream"
  8. 14. Where does the poet want to go at the end of the poem?
  9. 15. The poet uses this literary device to compare himself to a hermit stuck in his house.
  10. 17. A person who lives in solitude (alone) away from people and society.
  11. 18. The poet's request for the wind to wake up hibernating animals.
  12. 19. What planet does the poet want to see from under the snow?
Down
  1. 2. What is this poetic device: "rattling". (You can hear the sound)
  2. 3. The poet has writer's _________. This is why he wants to spring to come faster.
  3. 7. Ice melting and becoming a liquid (water)
  4. 8. The name of the poet
  5. 10. Finish the quote "O _______ Southwester"
  6. 11. The season that the poet wants to finish.
  7. 13. The poet's tone shifts in line 6, expressing worry and fear.
  8. 16. One of the themes of the poem