Question

An Autumn Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow Where summer has passed with her gorgeous train; Snow on the mountain, and frost on the meadow – A white face pressed to the window pane; A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling, And oh! but life seems vain. "An Autumn Day" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Question Use the stanza to answer the question. In which line does the poet use enjambment? (1 point) Responses “Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow” “Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow” “A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling,” “A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling,” “Where summer has passed with her gorgeous train;” “Where summer has passed with her gorgeous train;” “And oh! but life seems vain.” “And oh! but life seems vain.”

Answer 1

The line that uses enjambment is: **“A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling,”**.

In this line, the thought continues to the next line without a pause or a punctuation mark, making it an example of enjambment.