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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. How is the moonlight described in "Love in Moonlight"?
2. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
3. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) address?
4. What does God feel people have failed to do despite his effort in "Clear Morning'?
5. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?
2. What does God tell humans they will not hear "in the other world" (10) in "End of Summer"?
3. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?
4. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?
5. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?
6. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?
7. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?
8. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?
9. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?
10. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how depression is portrayed in Wild Iris. Choose a minimum of 3 poems which show that the poet is depressed. What words, phrases or images are used to show this? Are they effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the difference between the speaker and her husband John in 2 - 3 poems. How are their views different and what techniques does the poet use to convey these differences?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the theme of immortality in 3 - 5 poems from Wild Iris. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
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