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Morning Song
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A quiz about analyzing "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath.
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1
What does the speaker compare her baby to?
A balloon
A statue
A puddle
A wrapped present
2
What do the "flat pink roses" literally represent?
Motherhood
The compression of the beauty of nature into one baby
The speaker feeling like a blank wall compared to the baby
Wallpaper
3
Which of these is birth-related diction?
"moth-breath"
"footsoles"
"distills"
"effacement"
4
What does the title "Morning Song" mean in the context of the poem?
A baby crying in the morning
Hearing a song in the morning
Birds tweeting in the morning
A neighbor being loud in the morning
5
Who is the speaker?
The midwife
The baby's mother
The baby
The bird
6
Which of these literary devices do NOT contribute to the theme?
Onomatopeia
Enjambment
Simile
Caesura
7
Which stanza is most directly related to the title?
Stanza 5
Stanza 2
Stanza 3
Stanza 6
8
What does "moth-breath" mean?
Smelly breath
Breath that has moths
Breath that smells like mothballs
Breath that flutters like moths
9
Which quote contributes to the characterization of the baby?
"cow-heavy"
"clean as a cat's"
"flat pink roses"
"slow effacement"
10
How are the stanzas organized?
Tercets
Couplets
Octaves
Quatrains
