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