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