WorksheetsHoly Thursday by William Blake
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
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?
(a)
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!
(a)
Which animal are the children compared to in the second verse?
(a)
Which word in the third verse implies that the children are potentially more powerful than the adults who are supposed to look after them?
(a)
What technique is used twice in lines 9 and 10 (the first two lines of the last verse)? N.B. Spell it correctly!
(a)
Who is the speaker in the poem?
One of the children
One of the beadles
A compassionate observer
God
