1 When was the poem published? 1931 1921 1964 1912 2 How long is the poem? 15 lines 29 lines 25 lines 32 lines 3 What is the main theme of the poem? Rebirth Natural beauty Loss Coping 4 Where is the poem set? In a field of flowers In a meadow In the speaker's backyard In a forest 5 Who is the speaker? A dying man A man who has lost his father A plum tree A recently widowed woman 6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness? Because she gets terrible allergies Because she prefers autumn Because it reminds her of her husband Because she didn't have time to plant her garden 7 What is the tone of the poem? Mournful and elegiac Upbeat and cheery Cynical and sarcastic Dull and monotone 8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? Plum tree An apple orchard Grass White flowers 9 What is the poem's form? Rhyme royal Sonnet Haiku Free verse 10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "The plumtree is white today" "flames as it has flamed" "I lived with my husband." "at the edge of the heavy woods" 11 Which movement was Williams associated with? Romanticism Imagism Impressionism Surrealism 12 What is the poem's genre? Love sonnet War epic Nature poetry Ekphrastic poetry 13 When does the climax occur? When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard When the speaker remembers her husband When the speaker talks to to her son 14 In "The morns are meeker than they were," what season did Emily Dickinson recontextualize? Spring Summer Autumn Winter 15 Which of the following lines contains foreshadowing? "The plumtree is white today" "Sorrow is my own yard" "load the cherry branches" "and fall into those flowers" 16 Which season is William Shakespeare reframing in Sonnet 98? Winter Spring Summer Autumn 17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem? Enjambment Unconventional capitalization Extended metaphor Anaphora 18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate? Soliloquy Stichomythia Chorus Monologue 19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize? The speaker's grief The memories of the speaker's happy marriage The grace of nature The speaker's acceptance of circumstance 20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime? To parallel spring with winter To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry To show spring's hidden sadness 21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as? Flowery Indulgent Direct Dense 22 How long was the speaker married? Thirty-five years Twenty-five years Fifteen years Five years 23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow? The speaker's mother The speaker's neighbor The speaker's husband The speaker's son 24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem? Chopping down her plum tree Mowing the lawn Falling into a soft bed of white flowers Going to a meadow with her husband 25 What does the word "marsh" mean? The shore of a beach A muddy wetland A preserve for birdwatching A swamp with alligators