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