Spring

Question 1

What are the 2 ideas within the poem?

Answer 1

1. The speaker explores the typical views of nature from society
2. The speaker seperates himself from these ideas

Question 2

1 - ‘__ people sit, or walk in rings’

Answer 2

green-shadowed - the stillness and tranquility to reflect the feeling of humanity during spring time

Question 3

1 - ‘__ a cloud stands, __ a bird sings’

Answer 3

calmly - anaphoric repeptition = associating nature with tranquility

Question 4

2 - ‘the branch-arrested mist of leaf, and __’

Answer 4

me - syndetic listing = further reinforces the speaker as an outsider

Question 5

1 - ‘spring of all seasons, most __’

Answer 5

gratuitous - spring brings a sense of regeneration

Question 6

1 - ‘is fold of untaught flowers, is race of water, is earth’s most multiple, excited __’

Answer 6

daughter - spring is a time of constant giving

Question 7

2 - ‘those she has least use for see her __’

Answer 7

best - the speaker is detatched from the rest of society

Question 8

2 - ‘their paths grown craven and __’

Answer 8

circuitous - his way of life is unique and imodest + attempts to seperate himself from society

Question 9

2 - ‘their visions __’

Answer 9

mountain-clear - the speaker refuses to conform to the romanticised version of spring