1 When was the poem published? 1921 1912 1931 1964 2 How long is the poem? 32 lines 29 lines 15 lines 25 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Natural beauty Coping Rebirth Loss 4 Where is the poem set? In the speaker's backyard In a field of flowers In a forest In a meadow 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 it reminds her of her husband Because she gets terrible allergies Because she prefers autumn Because she didn't have time to plant her garden 7 What is the tone of the poem? Upbeat and cheery Dull and monotone Mournful and elegiac Cynical and sarcastic 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? Haiku Sonnet Free verse Rhyme royal 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "at the edge of the heavy woods" "The plumtree is white today" "I lived with my husband." "flames as it has flamed" 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Romanticism Imagism Impressionism Surrealism 12 What is the poem's genre? Nature poetry Love sonnet War epic Ekphrastic poetry 13 When does the climax occur? When the speaker remembers her husband When the speaker talks to to her son 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 Autumn Spring Summer 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "The plumtree is white today" "and fall into those flowers" "load the cherry branches" "Sorrow is my own yard" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Spring Autumn Summer Winter 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Enjambment Unconventional capitalization Anaphora Extended metaphor 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Soliloquy Stichomythia Chorus Monologue 19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize? The memories of the speaker's happy marriage The speaker's grief The speaker's acceptance of circumstance The grace of nature 20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime? To show spring's hidden sadness To parallel spring with winter To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry 21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as? Indulgent Flowery Dense Direct 22 How long was the speaker married? Thirty-five years Twenty-five years Fifteen years Five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's husband The speaker's mother The speaker's neighbor The speaker's son 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Falling into a soft bed of white flowers Chopping down her plum tree Mowing the lawn Going to a meadow with her husband 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? The shore of a beach A preserve for birdwatching A swamp with alligators A muddy wetland
