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

29 lines

15 lines

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

Rebirth

Coping

Loss
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 dying man

A man who has lost his father

A recently widowed woman

A plum tree
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because she gets terrible allergies

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden

Because she prefers autumn

Because it reminds her of her husband
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Mournful and elegiac

Cynical and sarcastic

Dull and monotone

Upbeat and cheery
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
An apple orchard

Plum tree

Grass

White flowers
9 What is the poem's form?
Rhyme royal

Sonnet

Free verse

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

"flames as it has flamed"

"The plumtree is white today"

"I lived with my husband."
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Imagism

Impressionism

Romanticism

Surrealism
12 What is the poem's genre?
Ekphrastic poetry

Nature poetry

War epic

Love sonnet
13 When does the climax occur?
When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers

When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard

When the speaker remembers her husband

When the speaker talks to to her son
14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize?
Spring

Autumn

Winter

Summer
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"Sorrow is my own yard"

"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"

"and fall into those flowers"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Autumn

Spring

Winter

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

Anaphora

Unconventional capitalization

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

Chorus

Soliloquy

Stichomythia
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The grace of nature

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The speaker's grief

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance
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 how loss changes the meaning of images and events

To show spring's hidden sadness
21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as?
Dense

Indulgent

Flowery

Direct
22 How long was the speaker married?
Five years

Thirty-five years

Fifteen 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?
Mowing the lawn

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Going to a meadow with her husband

Chopping down her plum tree
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A swamp with alligators

The shore of a beach

A preserve for birdwatching

A muddy wetland

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