Seasons
During what season does the girl in the poem take her walk in?
Spring
What is a spinster?
an unmarried woman beyond the usual age of marriage
In the last stanza, what is the narrator essentially “barricading”?
she is barricading her own heart/feelings
What word does the narrator use to describe the spring season?
sloven= messy
What is the name of the speaker?
there is no name revealed in the poem
In the line “five queenly wits”, what poet is this alluding to?
Shakespeare
What word does the narrator use to describe the winter season?
austere/orderly
What does "insurgent" mean?
a rebel or revolutionary
What is the point of view of the speaker throughout the poem?
Third-person point of view; an outside person
What is sibliance?
The repetition of s’ sounds
What is the significance of calling the girl in this poem a spinster?
She is not a spinster because of her situation in life, but is a spinster by choice.