1 When was the poem published? 1964 1921 1931 1912 2 How long is the poem? 25 lines 29 lines 15 lines 32 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Loss Rebirth Natural beauty Coping 4 Where is the poem set? In the speaker's backyard In a meadow In a field of flowers In a forest 5 Who is the speaker? A recently widowed woman A plum tree A dying man A man who has lost his father 6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness? Because it reminds her of her husband Because she gets terrible allergies Because she didn't have time to plant her garden 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 Grass White flowers An apple orchard 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" "The plumtree is white today" "I lived with my husband." "flames as it has flamed" 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Romanticism Surrealism Impressionism Imagism 12 What is the poem's genre? Nature poetry Love sonnet War epic Ekphrastic 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? Autumn Spring Summer Winter 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "The plumtree is white today" "Sorrow is my own yard" "load the cherry branches" "and fall into those flowers" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Summer Spring Autumn Winter 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Extended metaphor Unconventional capitalization Anaphora Enjambment 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Monologue Soliloquy Stichomythia Chorus 19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize? The grace of nature The speaker's acceptance of circumstance The speaker's grief The memories of the speaker's happy marriage 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 spring's hidden sadness To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events 21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as? Direct Flowery Dense Indulgent 22 How long was the speaker married? Fifteen years Thirty-five years Five years Twenty-five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's mother The speaker's neighbor The speaker's husband The speaker's son 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Falling into a soft bed of white flowers Mowing the lawn Chopping down her plum tree Going to a meadow with her husband 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? The shore of a beach A preserve for birdwatching A muddy wetland A swamp with alligators
