1 When was the poem published? 1841 1846 1856 1851 2 When does the poem take place? During winter During spring During summer During autumn 3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of? Couplets Octaves Sextets Quatrains 4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning? Her lover's grave By a sea shore At the top of green hills On mountains 5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died? Five Two Fifteen Twelve 6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"? That she lives in a region with cloudy weather That the winter is particularly brutal That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive That she has never found love again 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABCB ABBA ABAB Free verse 8 What is the genre of the poem? Pastoral Elegy Villanelle Acrostic 9 What best describes the tone of the poem? Sunny Mournful Understated Dry 10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"? William Carlos Williams Walt Whitman Herman Melville Ralph Waldo Emerson 11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish," "While the world's tide is bearing me along;" "Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy." "Other desires and other hopes beset me," 12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem? Moving on from the memory of her dead lover Making an arduous trek across the mountain Overcoming a lengthy illness Deciding whether or not she will remarry 13 Who wrote the poem "For the Union Dead"? Henry David Thoreau Elizabeth Bishop Nathaniel Hawthorne Robert Lowell 14 Who is the speaker of the poem? A priestess A woman who is grieving her dead lover A recently married bride A young mother 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Eight Five Nine Six 16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering? "Down to that tomb already more than mine" "Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain" "All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given" "Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee" 17 What does the speaker refer to when she says "While the world's tide is bearing me along"? The demands the world has made on her life How time has passed quickly in for her The way time has lessened the weight of her grief The way the world has not given her a moment's rest 18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing? Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre Agnes Gray Middlemarch 19 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Elizabeth and Mary Jane and Margaret Cristine and Clarissa Anne and Charlotte 20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Death Marriage Time Closure 21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? A golden ring A rose A grave A lightning bolt 22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem? Dreary Dour Anxious Enthusiastic 23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"? The number of years her beloved has been dead The coldest winter of her lifetime Her age The snowfall of that year 24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem? Uplifting Ecstatic Depressing Nervous 25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem? Anxiety Marriage Love Loss