The Force That through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Quizzes

The Force That through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Quiz

1 Which perspective is the poem written from?
First-person

Second-person

Third-person

None of these
2 What is the poem’s refrain?
And I am dumb to tell 

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood 

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower 
3 What is the poem’s meter?
Monometer

Iambic

Trochaic

Dimeter
4 Where was Thomas born?
Canada

Wales

England

Ireland
5 In what year was Thomas born?
1919

1888

1914

1931
6 At what point in his career did Thomas write this poem?
Early

Late

Right before his death

Middle
7 What word does Thomas repeat throughout the poem?
Wax

Mouth

Sores

Destroyer
8 Which phrase is NOT an example of alliteration?
"stirs the quicksand"

“time has ticked”

“force that through the green fuse drives the flower"

“mountain spring the same mouth sucks"
9 Which is NOT a theme of the poem?
Expression

Love

Nature and humanity

Time
10 Which word is NOT used as a verb in the poem?
mouth

lime

whirl

rope
11 What type of poet is Thomas generally considered to be?
A futurist

A modernist

A classicist

An absurdist
12 What Greek mythological character's story does the phrase "shroud sail" allude to?
Theseus

Europa

Perseus

Hercules
13 What is an example of personification?
"love drips and gathers"

“to tell a weather’s wind”

"hauls my shroud sail"

"turns mine to wax"
14 What poetic movement is Thomas's work reminiscent of?
Renaissance

Romanticism

Realism

Neoclassicism
15 How old was Thomas when he wrote "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower"?
19

23

12

38
16 What aspect of nature does NOT appear in the poem?
Rivers

Beaches

Stars

Trees
17 What creature "at my sheet goes"?
A spider

A bird

A cat

A worm
18 How many stanzas does the poem have?
9

5

7

3
19 How does the speaker describe his "age"?
Black

Gray

Green

Pale
20 What does the force turn the speaker's blood to?
Stone

Wax

Water

Slime
21 What substance does NOT appear in the poem?
Wax

Diamond

Quicksand

Water
22 What theme did Thomas often return to?
Greed

Sin

Anger

Nature
23 What poetic device is used in the poem?
Onomatopoeia

Allusion

Hyperbole

Irony
24 Which adjective isn't an accurate description of the speaker's tone?
Overwhelmed

Passionate

Angry

Afraid
25 In what form are most of the stanzas?
Quintains

Couplets

Triplets

Octaves

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