1 Which of the following is *not* a possible interpretation of the poem's title? a reference to choler, the humor that causes anger a yoke; an image of constraint a reference to "the caller," one who calls out a reference to a diamond necklace 2 What is the poem's meter? iambic pentameter trochaic pentameter iambic tetrameter free verse 3 How can we understand the quoted section? the speaker is quoting his own past rant the speaker is quoting his mother the speaker is quoting a section of the bible it is continous with the rest of the poem 4 What board does the speaker strike? a chalkboard a table or altar a board of wood in his woodshop a signboard 5 Initially, how might one describe the speaker's tone/attitiude? rebellious and angry arduous melancholic happy-go-lucky 6 What are the "lines" which the speaker states are "free as the road?" the lines in the middle of the road he lives off of the lines of the poem his veins and arteries his property lines 7 What might the wine and corn refer to? tapas the sacrament traditional Scottish food of the 17th century the speaker's favorite foods 8 Why does the speaker despair? he has become poor he does not believe in God anymore he has not received worldly laurels his son has died 9 When does the speaker's second internal voice intervene? the end of the poem line 24 never line 16 10 What reccomendation does the second internal voice make? to pray to God to go abroad to realize that the speaker's displeasure is his own fault to get baptized 11 How does the "heart" respond after the second voice, "the will," has chastised him? he asks for a third perspective he agrees immediately he engages in a gentlemantly debate he casts him away 12 What happens at the end of the quoted section? nothing changes the meter resolves to iambic pentameter the poet begs God for percy the poem returns to past tense 13 Describe the rhyme scheme of the last four lines. ABCD (no rhyme) ABAB AABB ABCB 14 What is the most likely significance of the poem's final four lines? a return to religious devotion the speaker enters a monastery a continued period of religious doubt the speaker kills himself
