Worthy the winning. Read the poem above carefully and then answer the set questions:
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1. What type of poem is 'Spring'?
2. Refer to line 1('Nothing is so Beautiful as Spring-1? Explain what the function of the dash
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is.
3. Refer to line 3 ('Thrush's eggs look...heavens and thrush' (a) Identify the figure of speech
used in this line. (1) Poetry Gr 12 Task 7 (b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this
poem.
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4. Refer to line 4 ('Through the echoing ... rinse and wring') Choose the correct option to
complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A-D) and the question number (4).
The word 'wring' is an example of...
A simile
Balliteration
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Conomatopoeia
D pseudonym
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5. Explain why the timber is said to be 'echoing' in line 4.
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6. Refer to lines 3-5 ('Thrush's eggs look... hear him sing;')
(a) Explain the similarity between the thrush's song and lightning.
(b) Explain why this comparison is effective?
7. Refer to lines 1-8 ('Nothing is so...fair their fling'). Identify the tone used in the octave.
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8. Refer to lines 12-14 ('Before it cloud,...sour with sinning,') Explain what the poet is asking
God to do?
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9. One of the themes in this poem is innocence Discuss how this theme is relevant to the
poem. (2)
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10. Spring is a reminder of the Garden of Eden Discuss this view
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