Read the poem.
excerpt from "A Christmas Carol"
by Christina Rossetti
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
Which mood is created by the repetition of the phrase "In the bleak mid-winter"?
hopeful
cheerful
heartbroken
dreary
