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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. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?

2. What does God say "glitters like the moon" (9) in "Spring Snow"?

3. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?

4. What does the lamium say "living things don't all require...in the same degree" (5)?

5. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God if He may be more inconsistent like what type of plant?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?

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

3. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?

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

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

6. What does the witchgrass tell the gardener she must accept in regards to the flower it is accused of kllling in "Witchgrass"?

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

8. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?

9. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?

10. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing God's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Vespers" poems. Use textual evidence to support your analysis. Note the ways in which the poet uses imagery to convey these things. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

The poet uses personification in many of the poems written from the viewpoint of a plant or flower. Choose 3 poems written from the perspective of the plant or flower and analyze the poet's use of personification in this poems. Discuss why the poet may have chosen to write from that plant or flowers point of view.

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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