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Gerard Manley HopkinsThe Windhover
Gerard Manley HopkinsFiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1918A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Questions
1. What literary device is demonstrated in this section: “minion, king- / dom” (Lines 1-2)?
A) Alliteration
B) Metaphor
C) Parallelism
D) Enjambment
2. What literary device is demonstrated in the line “dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn” (Line 2)?
A) Alliteration
B) Metaphor
C) Parallelism
D) Enjambment
3. Why does Hopkins use accent marks over the words “shéer plód” (Line 12)?
A) To emphasize the syllables
B) To suggest the reader read the lines with a foreign accent
C) For aesthetic reasons
D) Because the phrase is written that way in its original language
4. What kind of rhymes does “The Windhover” primarily use?
A) Slant rhymes
B) Internal rhyme
C) End rhyme
D) The poem does not use rhymes
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