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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. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?

3. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#5)?

4. What is blooming at the start of "Song"?

5. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does God see humanity in "Midsummer"?

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

3. What does the poet say is a way of God revealing Himself in "Vespers" (#5)?

4. 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?

5. What does the clover question in regards to people's view of the four leaf clover in "Clover"?

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

7. Why does God say he is not pleased with His creations in "End of Summer"?

8. In "Vespers" (#4), where does the poet say she knows God is?

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

10. In what way is the speaker in "Matins" (#6) different from the sick rose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how depression is portrayed in Wild Iris. Choose a minimum of 3 poems which show that the poet is depressed. What words, phrases or images are used to show this? Are they effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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