Felix Randal-Gerard Manley Hopkins

What does a farrier do?

• Horse shoemaker

• Shoe maker

• Wrestler

Identify and explain the figure of speech reflected in this line:

"big-boned and hardy-handsome"

• Alliteration

  Emphasizes the superior strength Felix Randal had

• Assonance

  The poet emphasizes the weakness of Felix Randal

What is meant by the following line:

"Being anointed and all"

• Felix Randal became more accepting of what happened to him

• Felix Randal was prayed for by the priest

The octave and sestet express, respectively:

• the description of his words and then of his death

• the poverty of the time and the solution of his ministry

• the establishment of the situation & the voicing of emotions

The word that expresses the speaker's attitude to the dead man:

• "child"

• "endears"

• "reason"

What line captures Hopkins shock at the news of Felix's death?

• "Felix Randal, the farrier, O he is dead then? My duty all ended."

• "big-boned and hardy-handsome"

What figure of speech does Hopkins use to capture Felix's progressive mental deterioration in "sickness broke him"?

• Personification

• Metaphor

Hopkins essentially comforts Felix with the message of God's ____________ love and wipes away his tears with the promise of Everlasting ______________.

• underwhelming,love

• unconditional,life

The rhyme scheme of Felix Randal is:

• abba abba ccd ccd

• abab cdcd effe gg

The rhyme scheme of Felix Randal is:

• Petrarchan

• Shakespearean