1 When was the poem published? 1912 1921 1964 1931 2 How long is the poem? 29 lines 25 lines 32 lines 15 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Natural beauty Loss Coping Rebirth 4 Where is the poem set? In a field of flowers In a forest In the speaker's backyard In a meadow 5 Who is the speaker? A man who has lost his father A recently widowed woman A plum tree A dying man 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? Dull and monotone Upbeat and cheery Mournful and elegiac Cynical and sarcastic 8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? An apple orchard White flowers Plum tree Grass 9 What is the poem's form? Sonnet Rhyme royal Haiku Free verse 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "at the edge of the heavy woods" "I lived with my husband." "The plumtree is white today" "flames as it has flamed" 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Surrealism Romanticism Impressionism Imagism 12 What is the poem's genre? War epic Ekphrastic poetry Love sonnet Nature poetry 13 When does the climax occur? When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers When the speaker talks to to her son When the speaker remembers her husband 14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize? Winter Autumn Spring 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 Summer Winter Autumn 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Anaphora Enjambment Unconventional capitalization Extended metaphor 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Chorus Soliloquy Monologue Stichomythia 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 grief The speaker's acceptance of circumstance 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? Indulgent Direct Flowery Dense 22 How long was the speaker married? Fifteen years Twenty-five years 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 mother The speaker's husband 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Going to a meadow with her husband Chopping down her plum tree Mowing the lawn Falling into a soft bed of white flowers 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? The shore of a beach A muddy wetland A preserve for birdwatching A swamp with alligators
