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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?

2. The speaker in "Matins" (#4) said that s/he asked God to be what?

3. Where does the speaker of "Retreating Wind" tell his audience they will not find what they are looking for?

4. What surprised the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?

5. What tree does the poet in "Matins" (#3) ask if God is like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?

2. How does God feel about humanity in "Retreating Wind"?

3. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?

4. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?

5. What does God say he gave people in "End of Winter" because that is what they wanted?

6. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?

7. What does God tell humans they will not hear "in the other world" (10) in "End of Summer"?

8. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?

9. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?

10. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the collection as a whole. What themes are evident and what techniques does the poet use to convey these themes? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the ways in which the changing seasons represent the poet's emotions and relationship with God. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a minimum of 3 poems and analyze the poet's use of metaphor. Explain the comparison the poet makes and whether you feel it is an apt comparison in light of the poem's theme.

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