Spring And Fall Flashcards
Quote questioning Margaret
“ Margaret are you grieving
Over golden grove unleaving?”
Quote showing Margaret’s thoughts
“Fresh thoughts”
Quote showing she’s growing up
“ heart grows older “
What words make up the trip of rhyme
Sigh
Lie
Why
Quote to show she will not care for nature
“ nor spare a sigh”
Quote showing she will cry in the future
“Will weep”
Quote showing life will go on
“ sorrow springs”
Quote showing she will mourn for herself
“It is Margaret you mourn for”
What’s the message of the poem
Mortality
Everyone is destined to leave life behind and having fear, dread or grief over it is rational and real
Fear and dread of death that is so integral to life
What related to Margaret
Hopkins relates Margaret herself to nature
What could the narrator use this poem to do
Indication of nostalgia for the narrator
What will the child mourn for instead of nature
Her emotions will linger elsewhere if nature will no longer be the cause. She will one day discover her reasons behind her emotions something a child would arguable not understand at such a youthful point in life
What does the rhyme scheme mean
At this point in the poem the narrator is giving commentary that is more future focused for the child. The alteration of the rhyme scheme almost confirms the child will change how she feels.
The pivotal change just like the distinctive change the girl will undergo
What will happen to her heart
It will age and mature and she will be colder towards sights of nature’s demise so much she will not spare a sigh
What is the girl going to mourn for
The troubling aspect that will spark her tears is that one day she will die and she will mourn her own mortality
