Do you think the words ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ in the third stanza are spelt correctly? Why does the poet spell them like this?
No, the words 'lept' and 'lep' are not spelt correctly. The poet has used poetic license and has purposely spelt the words incorrectly to bring a bit of humour to the stanza and maintain the rhythm of the poem. The third stanza is about the leopard, which is pronounced as 'lep-ard'.
