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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would find music in which of the following?
2. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the second stanza of A Better Resurrection?
3. The fourth stanza of Sister Maude says that the speaker's father may rest where?
4. What does the speaker command to sing in the first stanza of The First Spring Day?
5. What is the third enemy in The Three Enemies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perhaps the dominant theme in all of the poems in the collection is the temporality of earthly happiness. Compose an analytical essay which, in perusing the entirety of the collection, designates a comprehensive portrayal of earthly happiness. In what poems is there a commentary upon happiness? How is happiness portrayed in each individual poem? What is demonstrated by the poems individually? What is demonstrated by the poems overall? Against what is the temporality of earthly happiness contrasted? What do these presentations reveal about human nature?
Essay Topic 2
In A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break, a poetic motif of one part changing the significance of the poem as a whole was unveiled. Where A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break performs this change on a single word, deprecate, this poetic transformation can be seen in other poems as well, such as the final stanza in Cousin Kate, the last line in Spring, the sestet of any sonnet, and the last line of the second poem entitled Song. Choose a few poems that employ this motif and explicate in a carefully developed essay how they influence the reading of poetry. What do these poems demonstrate about poetry? What relation does the part have to the whole? What relation does the whole have to the part? How do the two effect one another? What do these effects reveal about the reading of poetry?
Essay Topic 3
A theme primarily exposed in Maude Clare is the contrast between a fleeting, passionate love and a lasting, committed love. This theme does appear, though not so evidently, in other poems, in which the temporality of certain joys is contrasted with more permanent emotions. In a well-developed essay, analyze this theme of contrast in loves. How is each portrayed? With what is passionate love commonly associated? With what is committed love commonly associated? How do the characters associated with each regularly comport themselves? What do these presentations reveal about human nature and its disposition towards love and relationships?
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