Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Which of these words from the poem mean 'dead leaves'?

• grove

• unleaving

• wanwood leafmeal

• blight

Which of these words from the poem means 'losing their leaves'?

• grove

• unleaving

• wanwood leafmeal

• blight

Which of these words from the poem means 'a group of trees'?

• grove

• unleaving

• wanwood leafmeal

• blight

Which of these words from the poem means 'something that impairs or destroys'?

• grove

• unleaving

• wanwood leafmeal

• blight

Which three lines of the poem break the pattern of rhyming couplets with a rhyming triplet?

• 3, 4, 5

• 5, 6, 7

• 7, 8, 9

• 9, 10, 11

Which adjective in the first four lines of the poem suggests that Margaret is a young child? Don't use quotation marks!

What techniques are used to draw our attention to key words in the line 'What heart heard of, ghost guessed'?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• sibilance

• alliteration

What two meanings does the word 'Fall' in the title have?