Inversnaid (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
📚Quizzes
Practise the questions
13 questions from this quiz
ShowHide
Practise the questions
13 questions from this quiz
In what year did Hopkins visit Inversnaid?
In what year did Hopkins visit Inversnaid?
1881
What does the Scottish dialect word 'burn' mean in the poem?
What does the Scottish dialect word 'burn' mean in the poem?
Stream
What rhyme scheme does 'Inversnaid' follow?
What rhyme scheme does 'Inversnaid' follow?
AABB CCDD
What effect does Hopkins' sprung rhythm create?
What effect does Hopkins' sprung rhythm create?
Irregular stress mirroring water
What does 'horseback brown' describe in the poem?
What does 'horseback brown' describe in the poem?
The brook's colour
What does Hopkins' invented word 'rollrock' capture?
What does Hopkins' invented word 'rollrock' capture?
Stones tumbling in the stream bed
What does 'windpuff-bonnet' describe?
What does 'windpuff-bonnet' describe?
Foam like a bonnet puffed by wind
What does 'fell' mean in 'féll-frówning'?
What does 'fell' mean in 'féll-frówning'?
Fierce or menacing
What does the Lancashire dialect word 'degged' mean?
What does the Lancashire dialect word 'degged' mean?
Sprinkled
What does the Scottish term 'braes' mean?
What does the Scottish term 'braes' mean?
Hillsides
What is a 'flitch' in 'flitches of fern'?
What is a 'flitch' in 'flitches of fern'?
A side of bacon
What shift occurs in the fourth stanza?
What shift occurs in the fourth stanza?
Description to philosophical plea
What is the poem's central theme about wilderness?
What is the poem's central theme about wilderness?
It provides essential spiritual renewal