Holy Thursday by William Blake

What is 'Holy Thursday'?

• The Thursday before Good Friday

• The Thursday before Christmas

• Ascension Day (40 days after the resurrection)

• The first Thursday of the new year

What major cultural and philosophical movement was Blake part of?

Which adjective to describe the children is repeated in the poem?

• pure

• innocent

• clean

• little

What are the colours of spring flowers that are mentioned in comparison with the children's clothes?

• red and pink and green

• red and yellow and green

• red and blue and green

• red and orange and green

What techniques are used in the phrase: 'with wands as white as snow'?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Which word in the second verse suggests that the children glow with inner goodness and innocence? Don't use quotation marks!

Which animal are the children compared to in the second verse?

Which word in the third verse implies that the children are potentially more powerful than the adults who are supposed to look after them?

What technique is used twice in lines 9 and 10 (the first two lines of the last verse)? N.B. Spell it correctly!

Who is the speaker in the poem?

• One of the children

• One of the beadles

• A compassionate observer

• God