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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 in "Retreating Wind"?
2. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?
3. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) address?
4. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
5. What does the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?
2. What does the witchgrass tell the gardener she must accept in regards to the flower it is accused of kllling in "Witchgrass"?
3. How does God feel about humanity in "Retreating Wind"?
4. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?
5. In "Witchgrass," the witchgrass tells the gardener that it will remain for how long?
6. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?
7. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?
8. Why is God frustrated in "Clear Morning"?
9. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?
10. In "Witchgrass," why does the witchgrass feel humans needed to give them a name?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the collection as a whole. What themes are evident and what techniques does the poet use to convey these themes? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a minimum of 4 poems written from the perspective of a plant or flower and write an essay comparing and contrasting the plant or flowers tone toward the poet/ gardener or humanity as a whole. Note the imagery used to convey tone.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the theme of human suffering in Wild Iris. Choosing one poem from God's perspective, one from the poet's and one from nature, analyze the differing views on human suffering.
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