Poetry Quiz

1. Where do the flowers described in “Our Wreath of Rose Buds” come from?

• people’s minds

• the natural world

• gardeners’ planted spaces

• pictures drawn of wreaths

What is unusual about the flowers described in "Our Wreath of Rose Buds"? CHOOSE 2 OPTIONS

• They can be nourished by a reader's kindness.

• They appear only in shades of yellow.

• They will last for a very long time.

• They are freely given to people.

• They grow only beside rivers.

In "Fantasy" what seems to have caused the unusual colors of the things that the speaker sees?

• the moonlight

• the peacock

• the queen

• the air

The word fair has several meanings. Which meaning of fair does the speaker use in this stanza from our "Wreath of Rosebuds?"

Ask you where these flowers are found?

Not on sunny slope, or mound;

Not on prairies bright and fair

Growing without thought or care.

• neither very good nor very bad.

• sunny and with few clouds

• pleasing to the eye

• free from injustice

The following question has two parts. Answer this one then the next.

Read the following stanza from "Our wreath of Rosebuds".

The tiny buds which here you see

Ask your kindley sympathy;

View them with a lenient eye

Pass each fault, each blemish by.

What is the most likely meaning of the word blemish in this stanza?

• a painful thorn

• a mark of imperfection

• a common plant diesease

• an accusation of a wrongdoing

Which phrase from the stanza is the context clue that most clearly supports what blemish means in the poem?

• kindly sympathy

• lenient eye

• tiny buds

• each fault

6. What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of the word hyacinth in this stanza from fantasy?

8. a slim-necked peacock sauntered there

9. In a garden of lavender hues

10. and you were strange with your purple hair

11. as you sat in your amethyst chair

12. with your feet in your hyacinth shoes

• Rubber and Leather

• old and squeaky

• tall and pointy

• bright and violet

7. In "our wreath of rose buds" what is most likely suggested by the speaker's comment about the rose buds that are "Warmed by the sunshine of your eyes"?

• A reader's eyes, like the sun, can be bright

• A reader's eyes, like flowers, can respond to light

• Temperature is important important in a flower's development

• Ideas, like rose buds, will develop if they are appreciated

8. 9.

9. A. In "fantasy", what is the speaker's main impression of the things seen in the Land of Night.

• fear

• disgust

• pleasure

• skepticism

10.

Which line from the poem best supports how the speaker feels about the Land of Night?

• The loveliest things were seen...

• A slim-necked peacock sauntered there

• Oh, the moon gave a bluish light

• I stood behind a bush of yellow-green