Poems

Question 1

What is Holy Thursday about ?

Answer 1

This poem is about religion in the 17th century.

Question 2

Holy Thursday - Key language quotes ?

Answer 2

” two & two “ - Noahs ark

Question 3

Holy Thursday - Key structure ?

Answer 3

Blake using rhyming words - fluent of the religion in 17th century.

Question 4

Holy Thursday - context ?

Answer 4

the schools were charity schools which were funded my religious organisations.

Question 5

What is “When I have fears that I may cease to be” about ?

Answer 5

This poem is how the author expresses his fears of dying young.

Question 6

When I have fears that I may cease to be- Key language quote?

Answer 6

Love and an ambition quote is “ before my pen had glean’s my teen brain “
Death quote - “ when I have fears that I may cease to be “

Question 7

When I have fears that I may cease to be - key structure ?

Answer 7

Rhyming schemes - fluent of thought

Question 8

When I have fears that I may cease to be - context ?

Answer 8

This is an Elizabethan sonnet

Question 9

What is “ the bluebell “ about ?

Answer 9

This poem is about when you are a child how positive life is whereas when you grow older it becomes more negative.

Question 10

the bluebell - key language ?

Answer 10

• positive ( 2&3 stanza) - “ sunny days , sunny road , smiling flowers “
• negative (6,7&8 stanza) - “ trembling flower , lone flower , heartless crowds”
• alteration “ a single sweet bluebell “

Question 11

the bluebell - key structure ?

Answer 11

• All stanzas are 4 lines except the first stanza

- ABCBDE and in first stanza

Question 12

the bluebell - context ?

Answer 12

• Emily Bronte is the middle sister in the famous Bronte sisters.
• poem could be interpreted my Emily health changing. young = good

Question 13

what is “ midnight to the great western “ about ?

Answer 13

This poem is about a boy who is on a train and is sat in third class.

Question 14

midnight to the great western- key language ?

Answer 14

writer uses repetition , personification , rhetorical questions and similes

Question 15

midnight to the great western - key structure ?

Answer 15

Every stanza the first line always has “ journeying boy”

Question 16

midnight to the great western- context ?

Answer 16

set in 1917.

Question 17

what is “ spring and fall : to a young child “ about ?

Answer 17

About the different seasons and how that affect the young boy.

Question 18

spring and fall : to a young child- key language ?

Answer 18

innocence is the main theme , alliteration and metaphor

Question 19

spring and fall : to a young child- key structure ?

Answer 19

rhetorical questions , rhyming and enjambment

Question 20

spring and fall : to a young child - context ?

Answer 20

was published in 1880