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1. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?

The iris describes the pain of being conscious of one's own death in "Wild Iris."

2. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?

Noah says that "depressives hat the spring" (2) and they often make the mistake of attaching themselves to one part of nature rather than the whole.

3. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?

The speaker in "Matins" (#2) says that God tried to teach humanity a lesson but they did not understand the lesson.

4. What does the trilium flower learn in its first moments of life in "Trillium" and why?

The trillium flower learns grief within its first moments of life because it has looked beyond the pines toward heaven.

5. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?

The lamium flower gets very little sun and says that "living things don't all require/ light in the same degree" (5). It says that some living things make their own light.

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