POETRY TEST

The speaker in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" believes that nature will

• change every spring

• cause a war

• perish during the summer

• outlast humans

The first obstacle the speaker must overcome in the poem "Meeting at Night" is

• travel by boat over the sea

• start a fire to stay warm

• walk across the sand

• cross fields

Which group of words from the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" contains alliteration?

• "frogs in the pools singing at night"

• "robins will wear their feathery fire"

• "if mankind perished utterly"

• "and Spring herself, when she woke at dawn"

In "Meeting at Night" the speaker crosses a beach and tree fields to

• avoid the sea

• reach his love

• address his fears

• escape from a fire

The speaker in the poem "The Sound of Night" views the nigth as

• thrilling

• violent

• boring

• mysterious

At the end of the poem "The Sound of Night," the people are eagerly awaiting

• the night sounds to begin

• the birds to stop chirping

• daylight to appear

• their fire to burn out so they can go to sleep

All three "nature poems" link nature and

• fire

• war

• man

• night

Nature's feelings towards man in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" is one of

• love

• indifference

• fear

• hatred

"I Dwell in Possibilty" focuses on the power of

• imagination

• friends

• society

• love

What is personified in the poem "Variation on a Theme by Rilke"?

• honor

• day

• light

• a sword