1 What is the poet's full name? Edna Vincent Millay Vicenta Millay Edna Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay 2 What is the title of the poem? Light First Fig Second Fig Candlelight 3 Finish this quote: "My candle___" will not last the night burns at both ends gives me such a fright belongs to my foes and my friends 4 How many lines are in the poem? 6 5 4 3 5 What is the name for a stanza with the amount of lines that this poem has? sextet couplet quatrain quintet 6 Why might have Millay chosen the particular length of this poem to be what it is? She wanted to show that couplets are the superior form. She was too lazy to write more. The poem is incomplete. The form demonstrates the content. 7 What do figs represent? Sweetness, enjoyment of life, femininity Poison, shame, and disgust Rottenness, bitterness in life Patience, caution 8 What does the candle represent? The speaker's faith Immortality Religion The speaker's life 9 What does the idiom of a candle burning at both ends mean? A person who hates studying. A fast and intense lifestyle that leads to burnout or death. Wit and elegance. The intelligence to create more light. 10 What word rhymes with "ends" in the poem? Hens Friends Sends Lends 11 What word rhymes with "night" in the poem? Light Sight Kite Might 12 What is the meter? Blank verse Iambic pentameter Free verse Common meter 13 What number of alternating syllables per line does this poem have? The syllables per line do not alternate Eight and seven Eight and six Five and four 14 Which poetic device is not used in the poem? Personification Alliteration Rhyme Metaphor 15 Which is not a theme in the poem? Seizing the Night Light and Vitality People-pleasing Challenging Gender Norms 16 How does the speaker describe her light? Beautiful Radiant Gorgeous Lovely 17 What does the light represent? Danger Electricity The coming of day The speaker's vitality and passion 18 What is significant about the speaker having foes? The speaker hated everyone. It means that she lived a public, authentic, and controversial lifestyle. The speaker was antisocial. It is not relevant. 19 What punctuation mark does the poem end with? An exclamation A dash A question A period 20 What is a spondee? A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. A foot consisting of two unstressed syllables. 21 Which collection was this poem originally published in? Second April Collected Poems The Ballad of the Harp Weaver A Few Figs From Thistles 22 When was the collection published? 1922 1925 1923 1920 23 When was Edna St. Vincent Millay born? 1915 1892 1900 1880 24 Where did Millay live her adult life? Florida Vermont Maine New York 25 What is the tone of the poem? Assertive, Celebratory, Passionate Bitter, Wrathful, Seeking Joyful, Airy, Shrewd Pessimistic, Fearful, Angry