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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. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?

3. What do the daisies think people are more interested in than nature in "Daisies"?

4. Who is the speaker in "End of Summer"?

5. What do humans view most of the clovers in the garden as in "Clover"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the way the poet in "Song" sees the rose compared to how her husband sees it?

2. What does the jacob's ladder plant think may be the reason for the woman's grief in "Jacob's Ladder"?

3. "In Doorway," how does the poet describe the late spring?

4. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?

5. In "Doorway," what does the poet say the one who waits has the benefit of observing?

6. What does the poppy say about the sun in "The Red Poppy"?

7. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?

8. In "Daisies," what do the daisies tell the poet will happen is she tries to share her "impressions of the natural world" (39) with others?

9. What does the poet in "Vespers" (#2) tell God she failed to do at the start of the poem?

10. Why does God tell humans that they need not fear death in "Harvest"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a minimum of 3 poems and analyze the poet's use of metaphor. Explain the comparison the poet makes and whether you feel it is an apt comparison in light of the poem's theme.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the garden as a place of religious reflection. Choose 3 - 5 poem's in which the garden contemplate religion and discuss how the garden and what happens in it is a reflection of this contemplation.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the poet's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Matins" poems. Use textual evidence to support your analysis. Note the ways in which the poet uses imagery to convey these things. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

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