If You Were Coming in the Fall

What is the main conflict in the poem?

• •The speaker does not know what day or year it is
• •The speaker does not know when she will see her love again
• •The speaker is being stung by bees
• •The speaker is confused by the passing of time

What does the speaker say is her main worry?

• •She will count time until her fingers drop off
• •She would rather die than not see her love again
• •She is ‘uncertain of the length’ of time until she sees her love again
• •She is haunted by goblin bees

Which one of these is a metaphor used in the poem? 

• •Comparing the summer to a housefly
• •Comparing the months to balls of yarn
• •Comparing death to eternity
• •Comparing a year to a chest of drawers

Which one of these is a simile used in the poem?

• •Comparing eternity to the rind of an orange
• •Comparing the summer to a housefly
• •Comparing months to ball of yarn
• •Comparing a year to a chest of drawers

Which of these is a good summary of the poem and it’s conflict?

• •The speaker could easily cope with the absence of her love if she only knew for how long she had to wait
• •The speaker feels stung by the absence of her lover because he never said goodbye
• •The speaker misses her love and counts the days until she sees him again
• •The speaker is afraid she will never see her love again