The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Quizzes

The Widow's Lament in Springtime Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1931

1964

1912

1921
2 How long is the poem?
29 lines

32 lines

15 lines

25 lines
3 What is the main theme of the poem?
Rebirth

Natural beauty

Coping

Loss
4 Where is the poem set?
In a meadow

In the speaker's backyard

In a field of flowers

In a forest
5 Who is the speaker?
A man who has lost his father

A plum tree

A recently widowed woman

A dying man
6 Why does springtime make the speaker feel sadness?
Because she prefers autumn

Because she didn't have time to plant her garden

Because it reminds her of her husband

Because she gets terrible allergies
7 What is the tone of the poem?
Cynical and sarcastic

Upbeat and cheery

Mournful and elegiac

Dull and monotone
8 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
Plum tree

Grass

An apple orchard

White flowers
9 What is the poem's form?
Rhyme royal

Haiku

Sonnet

Free verse
10 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"The plumtree is white today"

"flames as it has flamed"

"at the edge of the heavy woods"

"I lived with my husband."
11 Which movement was Williams associated with?
Romanticism

Impressionism

Surrealism

Imagism
12 What is the poem's genre?
Nature poetry

Ekphrastic poetry

Love sonnet

War epic
13 When does the climax occur?
When the speaker talks to to her son

When the speaker remembers her husband

When the speaker imagines collapsing into white flowers

When the speaker sees the blossoming tree in her yard
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?
Summer

Autumn

Winter

Spring
17 Which technique does Williams use throughout the poem?
Anaphora

Enjambment

Unconventional capitalization

Extended metaphor
18 Which theatrical construct is the poem trying to imitate?
Chorus

Soliloquy

Stichomythia

Monologue
19 What do the white flowers at the end of the poem symbolize?
The memories of the speaker's happy marriage

The speaker's grief

The grace of nature

The speaker's acceptance of circumstance
20 Why does Williams choose to set a poem about death in springtime?
To show spring's hidden sadness

To show how loss changes the meaning of images and events

To parallel spring with winter

To show how spring is falsely framed in Victorian poetry
21 What was Williams's style typically characterized as?
Dense

Direct

Indulgent

Flowery
22 How long was the speaker married?
Five years

Thirty-five years

Twenty-five years

Fifteen years
23 Who told the speaker about the white flowers in the meadow?
The speaker's neighbor

The speaker's husband

The speaker's mother

The speaker's son
24 What does the speaker imagine doing at the end of the poem?
Going to a meadow with her husband

Falling into a soft bed of white flowers

Chopping down her plum tree

Mowing the lawn
25 What does the word "marsh" mean?
A swamp with alligators

A preserve for birdwatching

A muddy wetland

The shore of a beach

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