The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1931

1964

1912

1921
2 How long is the poem?
29 lines

32 lines

25 lines

15 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Loss

Natural beauty

Coping

Rebirth
4 Where is the poem set?
In a meadow

In a field of flowers

In a forest

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 didn't have time to plant her garden

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she gets terrible allergies

Because she prefers autumn
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Upbeat and cheery

Mournful and elegiac

Dull and monotone

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

White flowers

Grass

Plum tree
9 What is the poem's form?
Sonnet

Haiku

Free verse

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

"The plumtree is white today"

"flames as it has flamed"

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

Impressionism

Imagism

Romanticism
12 What is the poem's genre?
Nature poetry

Love sonnet

War epic

Ekphrastic poetry
13 When does the climax occur?
When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers

When the speaker talks to to her son

When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard

When the speaker remembers her husband
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?
"load the cherry branches"

"The plumtree is white today"

"and fall into those flowers"

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

Winter

Autumn

Summer
17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem?
Anaphora

Unconventional capitalization

Extended metaphor

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

Stichomythia

Monologue

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

The grace of nature

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage
20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime?
To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry

To show spring's hidden sadness

To parallel spring with winter

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

Indulgent

Flowery

Dense
22 How long was the speaker married?
Twenty-five years

Five years

Fifteen years

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

The speaker's husband

The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's son
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Chopping down her plum tree

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Mowing the lawn

Going to a meadow with her husband
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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