1 When was the poem published? 1841 1846 1856 1851 2 When does the poem take place? During autumn During spring During summer During winter 3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of? Sextets Quatrains Octaves Couplets 4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning? By a sea shore At the top of green hills On mountains Her lover's grave 5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died? Five Twelve Two Fifteen 6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"? That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive That she lives in a region with cloudy weather That she has never found love again That the winter is particularly brutal 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? Free verse ABAB ABCB ABBA 8 What is the genre of the poem? Villanelle Pastoral Acrostic Elegy 9 What best describes the tone of the poem? Mournful Understated Dry Sunny 10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"? William Carlos Williams Ralph Waldo Emerson Herman Melville Walt Whitman 11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy." "Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish," "Other desires and other hopes beset me," "While the world's tide is bearing me along;" 12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem? Making an arduous trek across the mountain Deciding whether or not she will remarry Overcoming a lengthy illness Moving on from the memory of her dead lover 13 Who wrote the poem "For the Union Dead"? Robert Lowell Elizabeth Bishop Nathaniel Hawthorne Henry David Thoreau 14 Who is the speaker of the poem? A woman who is grieving her dead lover A recently married bride A priestess A young mother 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Five Six Nine Eight 16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering? "All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given" "Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee" "Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain" "Down to that tomb already more than mine" 17 What does the speaker refer to when she says "While the world's tide is bearing me along"? The way the world has not given her a moment's rest The demands the world has made on her life The way time has lessened the weight of her grief How time has passed quickly in for her 18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing? Middlemarch Wuthering Heights Agnes Gray Jane Eyre 19 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Cristine and Clarissa Anne and Charlotte Jane and Margaret Elizabeth and Mary 20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Time Closure Marriage Death 21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? A lightning bolt A rose A golden ring A grave 22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem? Anxious Dour Enthusiastic Dreary 23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"? The number of years her beloved has been dead Her age The snowfall of that year The coldest winter of her lifetime 24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem? Uplifting Ecstatic Depressing Nervous 25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem? Marriage Loss Love Anxiety