1 When was the poem published? 1964 1921 1912 1931 2 How long is the poem? 15 lines 25 lines 32 lines 29 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Rebirth Natural beauty Coping Loss 4 Where is the poem set? In a field of flowers In the speaker's backyard In a meadow In a forest 5 Who is the speaker? A recently widowed woman A dying man A plum tree A man who has lost his father 6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness? Because it reminds her of her husband Because she gets terrible allergies Because she prefers autumn Because she didn't have time to plant her garden 7 What is the tone of the poem? Dull and monotone Cynical and sarcastic Upbeat and cheery Mournful and elegiac 8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? White flowers Grass Plum tree An apple orchard 9 What is the poem's form? Rhyme royal Sonnet Free verse Haiku 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "I lived with my husband." "at the edge of the heavy woods" "flames as it has flamed" "The plumtree is white today" 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Impressionism Surrealism Romanticism Imagism 12 What is the poem's genre? War epic Love sonnet Ekphrastic poetry Nature poetry 13 When does the climax occur? When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers When the speaker talks to to her son When the speaker remembers her husband 14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize? Summer Winter Autumn Spring 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "Sorrow is my own yard" "load the cherry branches" "The plumtree is white today" "and fall into those flowers" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Spring Summer Autumn Winter 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Extended metaphor Unconventional capitalization Anaphora Enjambment 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Soliloquy Stichomythia Chorus Monologue 19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize? The speaker's acceptance of circumstance The grace of nature The memories of the speaker's happy marriage The speaker's grief 20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime? To show spring's hidden sadness To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events To parallel spring with winter 21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as? Dense Direct Indulgent Flowery 22 How long was the speaker married? Thirty-five years Fifteen years Twenty-five years Five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's neighbor The speaker's son The speaker's mother The speaker's husband 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Falling into a soft bed of white flowers Mowing the lawn Chopping down her plum tree Going to a meadow with her husband 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? A preserve for birdwatching A muddy wetland The shore of a beach A swamp with alligators
