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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 color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?
2. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?
3. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?
4. Why does the speaker feel it is difficult to please all creations?
5. What season is described at the start of "Vespers" (#6)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?
2. In "Vespers" (#4), where does the poet say she knows God is?
3. What does the poet express regret for thinking in "Matins" (#7)?
4. What is different about John's peace in comparison to the poet's in "Vespers" (#4)?
5. How does God see humanity in "Midsummer"?
6. What does the poet say were some of the signs God existed in her youth in "Vespers" (#6)?
7. What does the poet in "Vespers" (#2) tell God she failed to do at the start of the poem?
8. Why does God say he is not pleased with His creations in "End of Summer"?
9. In "Doorway," what does the poet say the one who waits has the benefit of observing?
10. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the couple portrayed in Wild Iris. Do you feel the couple in the poems which mention John is the same couple in poems like "Presque Isle" which do not mention a name? Why or why not? If not, who do you think the other couple is? Explain your answers using direct evidence from the poems.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the poet's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Matins" 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 3
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.
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