Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Spring and Fall"

1. What is the poem's rhythm? What kins of words are used? What are features of the poem's tone and setting?

2. Why is the poem called "Spring and Fall," not "Fall"? Why does the poet address his reflecitions hopkinsque.html "to a young girl"?

3. How old does Margaret seem, and what seem to be her responses to the changing of the seasons? What does the speaker know about her future, and why?

3. How do the poem's sounds reinforce/create its meaning? How is it rhymed? What does the poet think is the souce of Margaret's grief?

5. What is meant by the final line,"It is Margaret you mourn for." What is the poem's theme?