October Poetry

The speaker believes that the "verbal critic" (line 47) is

(C) overly concerned with trivial rules

In lines 1-18, mountain climbing is used primarily as

(A) a metaphor for acquiring knowledge

In lines 1-18, the speaker suggests that the more one knows

(B) the more one finds there is to know

According to lines 3-4, in order to become sober one should

(E) drink a great amount

In line 5, "Fired" is best interpreted as meaning

(C) inspired

At line 19, the subject matter shifts from

(C) study to criticism

In line 23, "that malignant dull delight" refers to

(A) finding faults

The speaker makes a humorous comment in which of the following lines?

(D) Line 28

Lines 31-38 suggest that the appropriate way to appreciate a work of art is to consider its

(D) balance and unity

In context, the word "end" (line 41) is best understood to refer to the

(E) author's aim in a work

Lines 41-42 suggest that an author

(D) cannot create what he or she cannot conceive

The speaker believes that the success of a work is achieved through

(C) the harmony among its parts, in spite of their individual weaknesses

The grandfather's words (lines 52-53) convey a sense of

Awe

In the first stanza, the whippoorwill is presented chiefly as

An annoyance

The whippoorwill is most probably called a "voice of obsession" (line 7) because it

Repeats itself

The speaker hypothesizes that moths might be

Food for whippoorwills

The diction used to describe moths in lines 19-21 suggests that

The speaker finds some aspects of nature alien to her

In line 26, "what's disjunct" refers to something that

Is not incorporated in a larger entity

For the speaker, the rose-breasted grosbeak and the whippoorwill are similar in that they both

Stand out as individuals amid their surroundings

The object of "to" in line 32 is

"Look" (line 29)

In line 34, the speaker implies that the aunt

Preferred not to face certain realities about nature

In line 38, the cause of the aunt's death is described in language most similar to that used by the speaker to describe

Moths

Which of the following lines contains an example of personification?

Line 51

Lines 44-53 have all of the following functions EXCEPT to

Emphasize the chaotic quality of natural events

In the poem as a whole, the speaker views nature as being essentially

Unfathomable