AP LIT 2012 "Remembrance" Multiple Choice

Read the following poem carefully before you choose your answers.

Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last by Time's all-severing wave?

Now, when alone, do my thoughts no longer hover Over the mountains, on that northern shore, Resting their wings where heath and fern-leaves cover Thy noble heart forever, ever more?

Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers, From those brown hills, have melted into spring: Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers After such years of change and suffering!

Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world's tide is bearing me along; Other desires and other hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong!

No later light has lightened up my heaven, No second morn has ever shone for me; All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given, All my life's bliss is in the grave with thee.

But, when the days of golden dreams had perished, And even Despair was powerless to destroy, Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy.

Then did I check the tears of useless passion— Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine; Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb already more than mine.

And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again?

The poem deals with all of the following EXCEPT the

The second stanza (lines 5-8) primarily serve to

Which best describes the speaker's implication in lines 11-12?

In the fourth stanza (lines 13-16), the speaker's explanation is best described as one of

In context, "but cannot do thee wrong" (line 16) is best understood to express the speaker's

In line 17, "later light" most likely refers to a

The fifth stanza (lines 17-20) makes use of all the following EXCEPT

In context, "check" (line 25) most nearly means

The last three stanzas (lines 21-32) are best understood to suggest that remembering the loved one is

Which is the best paraphrase of line 26?

The speaker's "burning wish" (line 27) is for a

The pronoun "it" (line 29) refers to the speaker's

The concept of "divinest anguish" (line 31) is most like that of

Which of the following best describes a central paradox of the poem?