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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker of "Matins" (#3)?

2. What signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

3. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?

4. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?

5. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?

2. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?

3. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?

4. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?

5. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?

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

7. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?

8. How does God feel about humanity in "Retreating Wind"?

9. How do the violets refer to the gardener in "Violets"?

10. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a minimum of 3 poems an analyze the poet's use of imagery in the poems. What emotions do the images evoke? Is the poet successful in evoking the desired emotion? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the sun as a symbol in Wild Iris. Choose a minimum of 3 poems from varying viewpoints and discuss what the sun means to that person or thing and what other words or phrases are used to convey meaning.

Essay Topic 3

The poet uses personification in many of the poems written from the viewpoint of a plant or flower. Choose 3 poems written from the perspective of the plant or flower and analyze the poet's use of personification in this poems. Discuss why the poet may have chosen to write from that plant or flowers point of view.

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