Coming

Question 1

What is intended by the title?

Answer 1

Conveys anticipation and captures a sense of energy and momentum

Question 3

What is the poems opening line “on longer evenings” intended to show?

Answer 3

The use of superlative and comparative adjectives immediately conveys a change

Question 4

What technique is used in the line “bathes the serene forehead of houses”?

Answer 4

Personification and image of baptism shows that spring is a holy, purifying force

Question 5

Why does the speaker introduce the image of laurel?

Answer 5

Laurel is used to reiterate spring as a time of joy and celebration as spring brings light and vitality to all

Question 6

What is spring described as having a “fresh-peeled voice”?

Answer 6

Use of personification introduces the idea of newness and regeneration

Question 7

Why is the line “it will be spring soon” repeated?

Answer 7

The monosyllabic repeated phrase shows the speaker has an overwhelming sense of excitement

Question 8

What does the simile “feel like a child” convey?

Answer 8

Creates a feeling of joy and innocence and a naive sense of childlike wonder

Question 9

Relevant context

Answer 9

Poem’s pastoral scenes influenced by Hardy who despite not being part of the romantics was heavily influenced by their movement