1 What is the poet's full name? Edna Millay Edna Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay Vicenta Millay 2 What is the title of the poem? First Fig Candlelight Second Fig Light 3 Finish this quote: "My candle___" will not last the night burns at both ends belongs to my foes and my friends gives me such a fright 4 How many lines are in the poem? 4 3 6 5 5 What is the name for a stanza with the amount of lines that this poem has? quatrain quintet couplet sextet 6 Why might have Millay chosen the particular length of this poem to be what it is? The poem is incomplete. She wanted to show that couplets are the superior form. She was too lazy to write more. The form demonstrates the content. 7 What do figs represent? Sweetness, enjoyment of life, femininity Rottenness, bitterness in life Patience, caution Poison, shame, and disgust 8 What does the candle represent? Religion The speaker's faith Immortality The speaker's life 9 What does the idiom of a candle burning at both ends mean? Wit and elegance. The intelligence to create more light. A fast and intense lifestyle that leads to burnout or death. A person who hates studying. 10 What word rhymes with "ends" in the poem? Friends Hens Lends Sends 11 What word rhymes with "night" in the poem? Might Kite Sight Light 12 What is the meter? Iambic pentameter Free verse Blank verse Common meter 13 What number of alternating syllables per line does this poem have? Eight and seven Eight and six Five and four The syllables per line do not alternate 14 Which poetic device is not used in the poem? Alliteration Rhyme Personification Metaphor 15 Which is not a theme in the poem? Seizing the Night Challenging Gender Norms People-pleasing Light and Vitality 16 How does the speaker describe her light? Radiant Lovely Gorgeous Beautiful 17 What does the light represent? The speaker's vitality and passion Electricity The coming of day Danger 18 What is significant about the speaker having foes? The speaker was antisocial. It means that she lived a public, authentic, and controversial lifestyle. The speaker hated everyone. It is not relevant. 19 What punctuation mark does the poem end with? An exclamation A dash A question A period 20 What is a spondee? A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. A foot consisting of two unstressed syllables. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables. 21 Which collection was this poem originally published in? A Few Figs From Thistles Second April The Ballad of the Harp Weaver Collected Poems 22 When was the collection published? 1923 1922 1925 1920 23 When was Edna St. Vincent Millay born? 1880 1892 1915 1900 24 Where did Millay live her adult life? New York Vermont Florida Maine 25 What is the tone of the poem? Assertive, Celebratory, Passionate Bitter, Wrathful, Seeking Joyful, Airy, Shrewd Pessimistic, Fearful, Angry
