On Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring"

1. The first line is a thesis statement. After having read that thesis statement, what do you expect to come next?
2. What sound effects appear in the second line?
3. Google images of "thrush's eggs" and then paraphrase the first six words of the third line.
4. Why should "timber" be described as "echoing"?
5. What do the connotations of "rinse" and "wring" have in common?
6. What is an Italian sonnet, and what is its rhyme scheme?
7. What is "sprung rhythm"?
8. Where is the end of the first sentence of this poem?
9. In line six, are "leaves" and "blooms" nouns or verbs?
10. Where in the poem is the answer to the question posed in line nine?
11. In line eleven, after the dash: What is the subject of the verbs "have" and "get"? Why are there two verbs? What does the word "it" refer to? What does the word "cloy" mean?
12. Where is the apostrophe in this poem? Who is addressed in the apostrophe?
13. Who is the "maid's child" (line 14)? Who is the maid? Paraphrase the word "winning."

1. Which member of the Holy Trinity most appeals to you?
2. What is your favorite season of the year?

1. In Hopkin's sonnet, "Spring," the speaker expresses his faith in Christ's saving grace.
2. In Hopkin's sonnet, "Spring," the speaker expresses his doubt of Christ's saving grace.