1 What does "osseous" mean? flowery bony dramatic Australian 2 What does "chiaroscuro" mean? a small songbird a winged seed contrast of light and dark religious prediction 3 What does "samara" mean? a winged seed a small songbird religious prediction contrast of light and dark 4 What song does Limón allude to? The Star-Spangled Banner Paradise America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) Yankee Doodle 5 Which of the following is NOT a type of language used in this poem? religious allusion biological terminology sports jargon videoconference troubleshooting 6 How is the farmer described? faithful stoic American certain 7 Which family role is NOT mentioned in this poem? child father brother mother 8 What is on the dresser? locks of hair the gun plant buds a letter 9 What adjective is most closely paired with "the border"? frozen willful desperate brutal 10 Which of the following species is NOT named in this poem? maple sunflower sycamore chickadee 11 What things are "not forgetting"? our father and faith skin and god god and our father the acquaintance and the gun 12 Which emotion word gets repeated twice within three lines? sorrowful longing desperate weary 13 What does the speaker say before "I am alone and I am desperate"? I am here I am human I am asking you to touch me I cannot see you 14 "Enough of the air and its ______" worries ease animals sorrow 15 What is the poet most likely referring to by "the animal saving me" the chickadee the vaccine her child her pet 16 How many sentences is this poem? 5 22 none 1 17 How many stanzas is this poem? none 1 2 22 18 What is the term for a poem about poetry? modernist poem ars poetica poetic refrain chiaroscuro 19 During what world event was this poem written? The Spanish flu pandemic The Iraq War The COVID pandemic World War II 20 What book contains this poem? The Hurting Kind The Carrying Sharks in the Rivers Bright Dead Things 21 Which of the following literary techniques does NOT feature prominently in this poem? enjambment alliteration simile repetition 22 Where is this poem positioned in its book? as the only poem as the first poem as the last poem as an endnote 23 Who wrote "I too, dislike it"? Robert Pinsky Marianne Moore Wallace Stevens Horace 24 Which of the following roles has Ada Limón NOT held? Poet Laureate podcasting biologist marketing 25 Ada Limón said in an interview with Vanity Fair that "all writing is basically ______" poetry touch revision failure