The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1931

1964

1921

1912
2 How long is the poem?
29 lines

32 lines

25 lines

15 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Coping

Loss

Natural beauty

Rebirth
4 Where is the poem set?
In a meadow

In a forest

In the speaker's backyard

In a field of flowers
5 Who is the speaker?
A dying man

A plum tree

A man who has lost his father

A recently widowed woman
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because she prefers autumn

Because she gets terrible allergies

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Mournful and elegiac

Cynical and sarcastic

Dull and monotone

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

Grass

An apple orchard

White flowers
9 What is the poem's form?
Rhyme royal

Sonnet

Haiku

Free verse
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"I lived with my husband."

"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"The plumtree is white today"

"flames as it has flamed"
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Imagism

Romanticism

Surrealism

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

Love sonnet

War epic

Ekphrastic poetry
13 When does the climax occur?
When the speaker talks to to her son

When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers

When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard

When the speaker remembers her husband
14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize?
Winter

Autumn

Spring

Summer
15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing?
"and fall into those flowers"

"The plumtree is white today"

"Sorrow is my own yard"

"load the cherry branches"
16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98?
Spring

Winter

Autumn

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

Enjambment

Unconventional capitalization

Extended metaphor
18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate?
Chorus

Soliloquy

Monologue

Stichomythia
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The speaker's acceptance of circumstance

The speaker's grief

The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The grace of nature
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?
Direct

Dense

Flowery

Indulgent
22 How long was the speaker married?
Twenty-five years

Fifteen years

Thirty-five years

Five years
23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow?
The speaker's son

The speaker's mother

The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's husband
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Chopping down her plum tree

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Mowing the lawn

Going to a meadow with her husband
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A preserve for birdwatching

The shore of a beach

A swamp with alligators

A muddy wetland

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