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