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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The body beloved of the speaker now lies, as said in the second stanza of Sister Maude, cold as what?
2. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?
3. What will the poem's first (or only) speaker bless in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
4. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the second stanza of A Better Resurrection?
5. What does the poem's first (or only) speaker guide towards himself in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the poems in the collection, from The Convent Threshold through The World, deal with explicitly religious themes. Analyze the overall portrayal of religion in these poems in a thoughtful and insightful essay. How is religion portrayed in each individual poem? How is religion portrayed overall? With what sort of imagery and beliefs is religious practice associated? What do the poems indicate about religious belief? How do the speakers interact with religion? What does religion provide the speakers? What does faith provide?
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes the exact meaning of a poem can be difficult to discern by simply reading what is present on the page; the literal text demands that the reader make an inference based on what is written, without explicitly making it clear. This is perhaps most evident in The One Certainty, but can also be seen in Sweet Death, Dream Land and many others. Using examples from Rossetti's poetry, write an analytical essay on the process of valid inference of meaning from a poem in which the literal meaning obscures the deeper significance. What are some examples of this inference? How is this inference made? What validates such inference? What are the difficulties of making such an inference? How should such an inference be portrayed?
Essay Topic 3
In Goblin Market, one theme which emerges from the overall story is the strength of and relation between love and sacrifice. In a well-developed essay analyze the portrayal of love and love's manifestation by sacrifice. How is love portrayed in the poem? Why is sacrifice necessary to love? Against what do love and sacrifice contrast? What sort of actions accompany true love and genuine sacrifice? The etymological root of sacrifice means to "make sacred"; how is this portrayed and demonstrated in the characters and actions of Goblin Market? What does the poem demonstrate about the relationships between love, sacrifice, and human nature?
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