Spring (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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What poetic form does Hopkins use for 'Spring'?
What poetic form does Hopkins use for 'Spring'?
Petrarchan sonnet
In which literary era was Gerard Manley Hopkins writing?
In which literary era was Gerard Manley Hopkins writing?
Victorian era
What is the opening line of Hopkins' 'Spring'?
What is the opening line of Hopkins' 'Spring'?
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring
What does Hopkins compare thrush eggs to in the poem?
What does Hopkins compare thrush eggs to in the poem?
Little low heavens
How does Hopkins describe the thrush's song?
How does Hopkins describe the thrush's song?
Strikes like lightnings
To what biblical place does Hopkins connect spring's beauty?
To what biblical place does Hopkins connect spring's beauty?
Eden garden
Who does 'maid's child' refer to in the poem?
Who does 'maid's child' refer to in the poem?
Jesus Christ
What content appears in the octave (first 8 lines)?
What content appears in the octave (first 8 lines)?
Pure natural description
What is the rhyme scheme of the octave?
What is the rhyme scheme of the octave?
ABBAABBA
Which phrase demonstrates alliteration with the /l/ sound?
Which phrase demonstrates alliteration with the /l/ sound?
Long and lovely and lush
What rhetorical question does Hopkins ask in stanza 2?
What rhetorical question does Hopkins ask in stanza 2?
What is all this juice and all this joy?
Which phrases show Hopkins' concern about transience?
Which phrases show Hopkins' concern about transience?
Before it cloy, before it cloud
What term describes Hopkins' technique for the distinctive inner pattern of things?
What term describes Hopkins' technique for the distinctive inner pattern of things?
Inscape