The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1912

1921

1931

1964
2 How long is the poem?
32 lines

15 lines

29 lines

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

Rebirth

Coping

Loss
4 Where is the poem set?
In a meadow

In the speaker's backyard

In a field of flowers

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

A man who has lost his father

A dying man

A recently widowed woman
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden

Because she gets terrible allergies

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

Cynical and sarcastic

Dull and monotone

Mournful and elegiac
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
Plum tree

White flowers

An apple orchard

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

Rhyme royal

Haiku

Sonnet
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?
Imagism

Impressionism

Romanticism

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

Love sonnet

Ekphrastic poetry

War epic
13 When does the climax occur?
When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard

When the speaker talks to to her son

When the speaker remembers her husband

When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers
14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize?
Autumn

Spring

Summer

Winter
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"and fall into those flowers"

"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"

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

Autumn

Winter

Summer
17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem?
Unconventional capitalization

Enjambment

Extended metaphor

Anaphora
18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate?
Chorus

Stichomythia

Soliloquy

Monologue
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The grace of nature

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

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 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?
Flowery

Indulgent

Direct

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

Thirty-five years

Five years

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

The speaker's son

The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's husband
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Mowing the lawn

Chopping down her plum tree

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Going to a meadow with her husband
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A preserve for birdwatching

A muddy wetland

The shore of a beach

A swamp with alligators

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