The Darkling Thrush I leant upon a coppice1 gate
When Frost was specter-grey,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
5 The tangled bine-stems2 scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres3,
And all mankind that haunted nigh4
Had sought their household fires.
The land's sharp features seemed to be
10 The Century's corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
15 And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fervourless5 as I.
At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
20 Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume6,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.
25 So little cause for carolings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
30 His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.
Which statement best evaluates the organizational structure of this poem?

The poem alternates between description to establish the setting and the speaker's mood and sequential order to outline the scene that makes the speaker re-think his attitude.

The poem alternates between description to establish the setting and the speaker's mood and sequential order to outline the scene that makes the speaker re-think his attitude.

The poem alternates between chronological order to relay the speaker's tale of encountering the thrush and comparison to show the difference between the speakers and thrush's attitudes.

The poem alternates between chronological order to relay the speaker's tale of encountering the thrush and comparison to show the difference between the speakers and thrush's attitudes.

The poem uses problem solution to describe the speaker's mood and how the thrush's song helps him resolve his feelings.

The poem uses problem solution to describe the speaker's mood and how the thrush's song helps him resolve his feelings.

The poem uses cause and effect to show how the speaker's attitude towards nature changes as a result of his encounter with the thrush.

The poem uses cause and effect to show how the speaker's attitude towards nature changes as a result of his encounter with the thrush.