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