Walcott's "Lesson for This Sunday"

What is the main focus of the poem discussed in the reference text?

• cruelty to nature and inability to stay pure

• celebration of nature's beauty

• identity crisis of the persona

• religious symbolism

Who is chasing a butterfly with yellow wings?

• An African maid and the children

• The persona and the maid

• A boy and a girl (brother and sister)

• The poet and the persona

What does the black (African) maid do when she sees the children dissecting the butterfly?

• Encourages them

• Ignores them

• Joins them

• Stops them

What does the persona break with a thought of sin in the poem?

• The butterfly's wings

• Sabbath

• The hammock

• The lemon dress

What does the persona hear that breaks the Sabbath in the poem?

• The African maid's warning

• The sound of the butterfly's wings

• The church bells ringing

• The cries of two small children hunting yellow wings

What does the persona compare the little girl to in the poem?

• a fragile butterfly

• a blooming flower

• a resting grasshopper

• a strong mantis

What does the persona say about violence in man and innocent children in the poem?

• Violence is only present in adults

• Violence is absent in man but present in innocent children

• Innocent children are free from violence

• Violence is present in man and even innocent children have inherited this trait

What does the persona reinforce in the last line of the poem?

• The innocence of children

• The importance of Sabbath

• The cruelty of man

• The beauty of nature

What is the extended metaphor used throughout the poem?

• Idleness of summer

• Lesson

• Growing grass

• Cruelty of nature

What is the tone of the poem described in the reference text?

• Melancholic

• Sarcastic

• Reflective

• Joyful