The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1921

1912

1931

1964
2 How long is the poem?
25 lines

32 lines

29 lines

15 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Natural beauty

Loss

Coping

Rebirth
4 Where is the poem set?
In the speaker's backyard

In a meadow

In a field of flowers

In a forest
5 Who is the speaker?
A plum tree

A recently widowed woman

A man who has lost his father

A dying man
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because she prefers autumn

Because she gets terrible allergies

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Upbeat and cheery

Cynical and sarcastic

Mournful and elegiac

Dull and monotone
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
White flowers

Plum tree

An apple orchard

Grass
9 What is the poem's form?
Free verse

Sonnet

Rhyme royal

Haiku
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"flames as it has flamed"

"I lived with my husband."

"The plumtree is white today"
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Romanticism

Imagism

Impressionism

Surrealism
12 What is the poem's genre?
War epic

Nature poetry

Love sonnet

Ekphrastic 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?
Spring

Winter

Autumn

Summer
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"

"and fall into those flowers"

"Sorrow is my own yard"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Winter

Spring

Autumn

Summer
17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem?
Extended metaphor

Anaphora

Enjambment

Unconventional capitalization
18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate?
Monologue

Soliloquy

Stichomythia

Chorus
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The speaker's grief

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The grace of nature
20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime?
To parallel spring with winter

To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry

To show spring's hidden sadness

To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events
21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as?
Direct

Flowery

Dense

Indulgent
22 How long was the speaker married?
Thirty-five years

Fifteen years

Five years

Twenty-five years
23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow?
The speaker's husband

The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's mother

The speaker's son
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Mowing the lawn

Going to a meadow with her husband

Chopping down her plum tree
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A muddy wetland

The shore of a beach

A preserve for birdwatching

A swamp with alligators

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