Spring in the Classroom

Which of the following lines is an example of a simile? (Select all that apply)

• "But the old mud blood murmuring"

• "Loosening like petals from bone sleep."

• "All furry and blooming against the old brick wall"

• "While we sat like captives and breathed the chalky air"

Who was Mary Oliver's greatest influence in poetry?

• Edna St. Vincent Millay

• Emily Dickinson

• Sylvia Plath

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Which of the following is an example of synecdoche?

• "To catch all day glimpses and guesses of the greening woodlot,"

• "Elbows on dry books, we dreamed"

• "Droned through lessons, carved when we could with jackknives"

• "Past the abandoned swings; you were leaning"

What did Mary Oliver use as an escape during her difficult childhood?

• Books

• Nature

• Friends

• School

Which of the following lines use assonance? (Select all that apply)

• "To catch all day glimpses and guesses of the greening woodlot"

• "Its secrets and increases,"

• "And what warmed in us was no book-learning"

• "...in our longing to be gone!"

Which of the following best describes the tone at the beginning of the poem?

• Condescending

• Angry

• Loving

• Yearning

Which of the following best describes how the speaker describes Miss Willow bangs in the first stanza?

• Beautiful

• Intelligent

• Dull

• Angry

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• "By Miss Willow Bangs, her eyes two stones behind glass,"

• "Angry to be held so, without pity and beyond reason,"

• "In love with pencils and arithmetic."

• "And what warmed in us was no book-learning,"

Which of the following words was used to describe Miss Willow Bangs?

• Old

• Blooming

• Wild

• Dry

Which of the following describes how the students felt about staying in the classroom?

• Excited

• Resentful

• Fearful

• Confused