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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. To whom does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) speak?

2. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?

3. What does God feel people have failed to do despite his effort in "Clear Morning'?

4. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?

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

9. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?

10. In "Scilla," what does the scilla say to its human audience that reflects its feeling toward humanity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a minimum of 4 poems written from the perspective of a plant or flower and write an essay comparing and contrasting the plant or flowers tone toward the poet/ gardener or humanity as a whole. Note the imagery used to convey tone.

Essay Topic 2

Choosing several of the poems written from the voice of God to the poet/ gardener/humanity write an essay analyzing God's changing tone toward the poet or humanity. Analyze the poems for tone and imagery, comparing and contrasting these aspects of the poem in a minimum of 4 poems.

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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