since feeling is first

The first line of the poem functions as

• a summary

• an appeal

• a concession

• an assertion

• a paraphrase

Which of the following is notably unconventional in the poem?

I. Theme

II. Metaphors

III. Punctuation

• I only

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II, and III

All the following are contrasted in the poem EXCEPT

• logic and emotion

• moments and time

• control and freedom

• concrete and abstract

• complexity and simplicity

What is the central theme in the poem?

• man's wisdom pales beside God's

• nature has the power to heal wounded hearts

• life and death will forever remain an enigma

• one should not allow one's emotions to be controlled by reason

• Physical affection proves the depths of romantic love

The subject and verb of the independent clause

“wholly to be a fool/while Spring is in the world/my blood approves”

are

• “fool” and “to be”

• “Spring” and “is”

• “world” and “is”

• “world” and “approves”

• “blood” and “approves”

The speaker regards both a “paragraph” and a “parenthesis” as

I. restrictive

II. fluid

III. structured

• I only

• I and II only

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II, and III

All the following lines are figurative EXCEPT

• “wholly to be a fool”

• “my blood approves”

• “the best gesture of my brain”

• “for life’s not a paragraph”

• “And death i think is no parenthesis”

All the following are dependent clauses EXCEPT

• “since feeling is first”

• “while Spring is in the world”

• “than/your eyelids’ flutter”

• “which says/we are for each other”

• “leaning back in my arms”

Which element of the poem most clearly reinforces the poem’s meaning?

• tone

• syntax

• diction

• details

• alliteration

The sentiments expressed in the poem are closest to those expressed in which of the following quotations from other poets?

• “Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore,/So do our minutes hasten to their end”

  (William Shakespeare)

• “The Heart is the Capital of the Mind—The Mind is a single State—” (Emily Dickinson)

• The flowers do fade, and wanton fields/To wayward winter reckoning yields;” (Sir Walter

  Raleigh)

• “Fond are life’s lustful joys;/Death proves them all but toys;” (Thomas Nashe)

• “Instruct them how the mind of man becomes/A thousand times more beautiful than the earth”

  (William Wordsworth