Spring Flashcards
What is the theme explored in the poem ‘Spring’?
Innocence
The poem explores innocence through vivid images associated with the season.
Who is the speaker of the poem ‘Spring’?
A child
The speaker’s perspective reflects the innocence and joy of childhood.
How many stanzas are in the poem ‘Spring’?
Three stanzas
Each stanza contains nine lines.
What is the rhyme scheme of ‘Spring’?
AABBCCDDE
This rhyme scheme is uniformly followed throughout all stanzas.
List the prominent themes in the poem ‘Spring’.
- Childhood
- Innocence
- Nature
These themes illustrate the harmony between humans and nature.
True or False: The poem ‘Spring’ reflects on the hardships of winter.
False
The speaker describes spring joyfully, without reflecting on winter’s hardships.
What literary device is predominantly used in ‘Spring’?
Imagery
Imagery connects the poem to other works in the collection.
Fill in the blank: The line ‘Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year’ serves as a _______ in the poem ‘Spring’.
Refrain
The refrain gives the poem a songlike quality.
What do the ‘Cock’, ‘Lamb’, and ‘Children’ symbolize in the poem ‘Spring’?
Innocence
These symbols represent gentleness and vulnerability.
In the first stanza, what does the speaker ask to be sounded?
The flute
This signifies the end of winter’s silence and the arrival of spring.
What does the arrival of the nightingale and lark signify in the poem?
The arrival of spring
Their joyful presence marks the transition from winter to spring.
What do the phrases ‘merry voice’ and ‘infant noise’ depict in the second stanza?
Joy
These auditory images illustrate the joy of the children and the cock.
What does the color white symbolize in the context of the child and lamb?
Innocence
The white neck of the child and lamb emphasizes their purity and vulnerability.
What does the child invite the lamb to do in the third stanza?
Lick his/her white neck
This action symbolizes the playful and innocent bond between them.
What is the overall emotional tone of the poem ‘Spring’?
Joyful
The poem celebrates the arrival of spring and the innocence of childhood.
What does the child desire to do with the lamb in the third stanza?
Pull its soft wool and kiss its soft face
This illustrates the tenderness and innocence of both the child and the lamb.
What form do the lines take in ‘spring’?
dimeter
What is the effect of dimeter?
its never used on its own becuase it is incapable of carrying a great freight of meaning
- blake turns it to considerable effect in his conjuring of an innocence, spring like scene
Who is the speaker in ‘spring’?
A child who describes the beauty of spring without thinking about the harsh winter both to come and that just happened
What is blake manigesting in ‘spring’?
The spirit of spring
Summarise stanza one of ‘spring’
the child welcomes spring by breaking the silence
Summarise stanza two of ‘
‘spring’
Speaker talks about innocent boy/girl and their innocent voicesS
Sumamrise stanza three of ‘spring’
child talks about the epitome of innocence - the lamb
“Little” Anaphora
emphasises childhood innocence
“cock… lamb…. children”
use of nouns symbolises childhood innocence
tenderness of child in stanza 3 effect?
Indicative of a gentle innocence
“little lamb”
- natural image of vulnerability / gentleness
- religious symbolism
- sam adjective ‘little’ use to descirbe lamb which suggests unity between child and nature
“Little boy” and “little girl”
syntactic parallels add to lyrical nature off poem - unity among children
“Joy… crow…. voice… noise”
Auditory lexis adds to unrestrained joy and frivolity
“Flute… mute…. nightingale… dale”
Euphonic lexis - flowing phonetics add a harmounius sound pattern - soft consonant sounds create a gentle/pleasing tone
“merry voice infant noise”
refrian = joy/hope
- children are free and unrestrained
- their voices are heard
“merrily merrily”
Anaphora - fore grounds a sense of joy/optimism
- the last line is reapeated to exemplify joy
- refrain = songlike
What does the poem ‘spring’ look at?
harmonby between nature and human beings
What is the effect of the sound of birdsonf and the voices of children and the call of the cockerall?
evokes a sense of harmony and vitality, suggesting renewal and grouth
“Birds” “lark” “dale” “nightingale” “cock does crow”
- Pastoral imagery = gives a sense of freedom/ innocence
- foregrounds a sense of childgood innocence and suggests unity between children and the natural wotlf
What theme is prominent in ‘spring’?
Patroal
What does ‘spring’ celebrate?
the arrival of a new year with a chorus of sounds frmo nature and the voices of children
“sweet and small”
- Sibilance foregrounds ‘sweet’ nature of the little girl
What are the key themes in ‘spring’?
- nature
- spring
- joy
- innocence
