As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?

The passage of time

A death in the family

The beauty of the afternoon

The speaker's fear of night
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?

Spring

Fall

Winter

Summer
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?

A form of poetry

A type of flower

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A rare species of bird
4 What is the meter of the poem?

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?

The pull of the tide

A bird in flight

A snake in the grass

A beloved guest
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?

Sylvia Plath

Li Po

William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Vaguely

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

Confusingly
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Wistful and melancholy

Bored and irritated

Pointed and dramatic

Somber and doleful
9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem?

Deceit

Thriftiness

Kindness

Intelligence
10 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?

A beehive

A summer day

Twilight

Dusk
11 What is the genre of the poem?

Love sonnet

War poetry

Light verse

Nature poetry
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?

An scorchingly hot portion of the year

A dangerous place to be avoided

A serene space for daydreaming

An anxiety-provoking period of time
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?

Between summer and the speaker

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë

Between the speaker and the passage of time
14 What is the climax of the poem?

When dusk ends

As twilight begins

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As winter draws to a close
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Five

Four

One

Six
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?

"To seem like Perfidy —"

"Into the Beautiful."

"The Morning foreign shone —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"
17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem?

"Grace" and "wing"

"Grief" and "wing"

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Distilled" and "herself"
18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem?

An afternoon

Dusk

Summer

The speaker
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Our Summer made her light escape"

"Too imperceptible at last"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?

She hardly notices it

She dislikes it

She doesn't want it to end

She endures it without complaint
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?

Slant rhyme

Dashes

Unconventional capitalization

Stream of consciousness
22 How many lines does the poem have?

Sixty

Twenty two

Thirteen

Sixteen
23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text?

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Situates the poem on stormy seas
24 When was the poem published?

1906

1861

1896

1891
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?

The cruelty of fate

The power of belief

The brevity of the seasons

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

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