1 What is the form of the poem? sestina one stanza of ten lines villanelle sonnet 2 From what genre does the poem take inspiration? romance systrophe dialogue gothic 3 What is the meter of the poem? trochaic pentameter trimeter free verse iambic pentameter 4 What is the poem's main purpose? to confuse the reader to elaborate the qualities of God to define prayer to make an argument about God's grace 5 Why does the speaker call prayer "the church's banquet?" to emphasize the fact that it nourishes Christianity to suggest prayer can cure starvation to compare it to communion to highlight the excesses of Catholic clergy 6 Which of the following is NOT one of prayer's definitions in this poem? a kind of music a tool a pet an instrument/engine of war 7 What is prayer a weapon against? sinners and the tower of Babel the end of the world satan himself one's enemies 8 According to the poem, which of the following does prayer recreate? the annunciation God's six-day creation of the world Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden the flood 9 Which of the following metaphors does not compare prayer to music? The six-days world transposing in an hour, Heaven in ordinary, man well drest, A kind of tune, which all things hear and fear; Church-bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, 10 Which of the following two metaphors may seem paradoxical? prayer as church bell vs. prayer as tune prayer as milky way vs. prayer as bird of Paradise prayer as peace vs. prayer as joy prayer as something understood vs. prayer as a plummet 11 Why does the speaker compare prayer to the milky way? to show that it nourishes to suggest that prayer is alien technology to show that Christians are starry-eyed to show that it is vast and beyond human comprehension 12 Why might the poem lack a verb? to show that prayer is difficult to define to show that prayer is not something you "do" to show that prayer has no affect it may be a typesetting error 13 What is the poem's final definition of prayer? God's gift to man something understood the milky way the soul's blood