Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it:
Nobody Comes
Tree-leaves labour up and down,
And through them the fainting light
Succumbs to the crawl of night.
Outside in the road the telegraph wire
To the town from the darkening land
Intones to travellers like a spectral lyre
Swept by a spectral hand.
A car comes up, with lamps full-glare,
That flash upon a tree:
It has nothing to do with me,
And whangs along in a world of its own,
Leaving a blacker air;
And mute by the gate I stand again alone,
And nobody pulls up there.
How does Hardy make the feelings of the speaker so vivid in this poem?

Q: What topic does this question test?

This question tests Poetry in O-Level Literature in English (syllabus code 2010). It is worth 25 marks.

Q: Which exam paper is this question from?

This question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Literature in English Oct/Nov 2014 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2 (2010_w14_qp_12.pdf).

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Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it:
Nobody Comes
Tree-leaves labour up and down,
And through them the fainting light
Succumbs to the crawl of night.
Outside in the road the telegraph wire
To the town from the darkening land
Intones to travellers like a spectral lyre
Swept by a spectral hand.
A car comes up, with lamps full-glare,
That flash upon a tree:
It has nothing to do with me,
And whangs along in a world of its own,
Leaving a blacker air;
And mute by the gate I stand again alone,
And nobody pulls up there.
How does Hardy make the feelings of the speaker so vivid in this poem?

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