The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1912

1931

1921

1964
2 How long is the poem?
32 lines

15 lines

25 lines

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

Coping

Loss

Rebirth
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 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 gets terrible allergies

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she prefers autumn
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Dull and monotone

Mournful and elegiac

Cynical and sarcastic

Upbeat and cheery
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
Plum tree

White flowers

Grass

An apple orchard
9 What is the poem's form?
Haiku

Sonnet

Rhyme royal

Free verse
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"I lived with my husband."

"flames as it has flamed"

"The plumtree is white today"
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Romanticism

Imagism

Surrealism

Impressionism
12 What is the poem's genre?
Ekphrastic poetry

War epic

Nature poetry

Love sonnet
13 When does the climax occur?
When the speaker talks to to her son

When the speaker remembers her husband

When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard

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

Spring

Autumn

Summer
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"The plumtree is white today"

"load the cherry branches"

"Sorrow is my own yard"

"and fall into those flowers"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Winter

Summer

Spring

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

Extended metaphor

Enjambment

Unconventional capitalization
18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate?
Monologue

Chorus

Stichomythia

Soliloquy
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The grace of nature

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

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 spring's hidden sadness

To parallel spring with winter

To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry
21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as?
Flowery

Direct

Dense

Indulgent
22 How long was the speaker married?
Fifteen years

Five years

Twenty-five years

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

The speaker's husband

The speaker's son

The speaker's mother
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 swamp with alligators

A preserve for birdwatching

A muddy wetland

The shore of a beach

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