Spring GM Hopkins poem analysis
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What is the symbolic significance of the 'Eden garden' in the poem?

  • A metaphor for the natural world
  • A representation of the speaker's childhood
  • A representation of sin and corruption
  • A symbol of potential and harmony (correct)

    • What is the tone of the poem before the caesura?

  • Joyful and celebratory (correct)
  • Sombre and reflective
  • Melancholic and introspective
  • Critical and analytical

    • What is the effect of the internal rhyme and alliteration in the phrase 'fair their fling'?

  • It creates a sense of tension and conflict
  • It interrupts the flow of the poem
  • It adds to the overall sense of joy and energy (correct)
  • It creates a sense of sadness and loss

    • What is the tone of the poem's opening lines?

    <p>Joyful and accessible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of the enjambment in the poem?

    <p>It adds to the intensity of feeling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the poet's concern in the sestet?

    <p>The sinfulness of humanity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Spring Poem by Hopkins

    • The poem is a vivid depiction of the natural world in bloom during springtime, showcasing the beauty of the season.
    • The poet considers spring on earth as a "strain of the earth's sweet being" in the Garden of Eden, evoking themes of innocence and potential.

    Themes and Ideas

    • The beauty of spring and the natural world
    • A celebration of nature and its wonders
    • Humanity's tendency to sin and the need for protection
    • God's ability to safeguard the innocent

    Style

    • The poem employs imagery to capture the inscape of weeds and the sky
    • Features striking assonance and euphonic alliteration
    • Creates cacophony through alliteration in phrases like "Before it cloy, before it cloud"
    • Exhibits challenging syntax in parts, such as "Most, O Maid's child, thy choice..."
    • Written in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet

    Analysis of Key Quotes

    • "Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – / When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;" - The poem opens with joyful and accessible language, using euphonic alliteration and assonance to describe the beauty of spring.
    • "Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush / Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring / The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;" - The poem features vivid, visual imagery, including a unique simile comparing thrush's eggs to "little low heavens".
    • "The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, they brush / The descending blue; that blue is all in a rush / With richness;" - The poem employs evocative imagery to capture the peartree and its leaves, and the image of the sky as a "descending blue" is particularly rich and vivid.
    • "What is all this juice and all this joy? / A strain of the earth's sweet being in the beginning / In Eden garden.–" - The poem's religious symbolism is clear, with spring reminiscent of the potential and harmony represented by the Garden of Eden.
    • "Have, get, before it cloy, / Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning, / Innocent mind and Mayday in girl and boy," - The poem shifts in tone, with the poet begging God to protect innocent youth from sinning and corruption.

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    Explore the themes and ideas in Hopkins' poem about spring, including the beauty of nature, sin, and God's protection. Analyze the poet's style and use of inscape.

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