1 What is the form of the poem? one stanza of ten lines sestina villanelle sonnet 2 From what genre does the poem take inspiration? gothic systrophe romance dialogue 3 What is the meter of the poem? trimeter iambic pentameter trochaic pentameter free verse 4 What is the poem's main purpose? to make an argument about God's grace to elaborate the qualities of God to define prayer to confuse the reader 5 Why does the speaker call prayer "the church's banquet?" to highlight the excesses of Catholic clergy to emphasize the fact that it nourishes Christianity to suggest prayer can cure starvation to compare it to communion 6 Which of the following is NOT one of prayer's definitions in this poem? a kind of music a pet an instrument/engine of war a tool 7 What is prayer a weapon against? the end of the world one's enemies sinners and the tower of Babel satan himself 8 According to the poem, which of the following does prayer recreate? the annunciation God's six-day creation of the world the flood Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden 9 Which of the following metaphors does not compare prayer to music? Heaven in ordinary, man well drest, A kind of tune, which all things hear and fear; Church-bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The six-days world transposing in an hour, 10 Which of the following two metaphors may seem paradoxical? prayer as milky way vs. prayer as bird of Paradise prayer as something understood vs. prayer as a plummet prayer as peace vs. prayer as joy prayer as church bell vs. prayer as tune 11 Why does the speaker compare prayer to the milky way? to suggest that prayer is alien technology to show that it is vast and beyond human comprehension to show that it nourishes to show that Christians are starry-eyed 12 Why might the poem lack a verb? to show that prayer is not something you "do" to show that prayer is difficult to define it may be a typesetting error to show that prayer has no affect 13 What is the poem's final definition of prayer? the milky way something understood God's gift to man the soul's blood
