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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sweet Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the poem's first (or only) speaker bless in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The breath of the soul.
(b) The germs in the heart.
(c) The seeds in the mind.
(d) The love of the will.

2. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) An empty love.
(b) An empty suit.
(c) An empty man.
(d) An empty name.

3. How do the grave flowers shed their leaves in Sweet Death?
(a) All at once.
(b) In showers.
(c) They have no leaves.
(d) One by one.

4. What is the last word of Spring?
(a) Spring.
(b) Die.
(c) Life.
(d) Live.

5. Between what are the poppies to be born in May?
(a) Blades of corn.
(b) The seasons' sojourn.
(c) Betwixt horn and horn.
(d) Meadows at morn.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the speaker of the poem could see another Spring, what would she not plant, as described in the first stanza of Another Spring?

2. Of what are the souls of the dream in the second stanza of Echo "brimful"?

3. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on the grave of those who died in their prime?

4. What is nursed in its grave by Death in Spring?

5. Upon what are the eyes of the poem's speaker and unspecified companion fixed in An End?

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