Find lines in which alliteration is used e. g. "sudden sally," "field and
fallow," etc. What does this add to the poem?

Indicate the rhythm of the first four lines by placing them in these
curves:
________ ________ ________ ________
/ \/ \/ \/ \


Words and Phrases for Discussion.

"coot and hern" (heron)
"bicker"
"thorps"
"fairy foreland"
"willow weed and mallow"
"grayling"
"water-break"
"covers"
"brambly"
"shingly bars"
"eddying"
"fallow"
"babble"
"cresses"
"brimming"
"sharps and trebles"
"skimming swallows"
"netted sunbeams"