Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Down by the Salley Gardens? Put your knowledge to
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Q. The speaker's retrospective voice is indicative of the poem's theme of
memory and the past
mortality
immortality
versions of reality
Q. The willow trees and romantic imagery help to reinforce the poem's theme of
repression
love
mortality
femininity
Q. The poem's refrain reminds us of the theme of
youth
versions of reality
truth
transformation
Q. The girl's good advice that the speaker doesn't take deals mainly with
transformation
love
mortality
masculinity
Q. The girl's snow-white extremities reflect the poem's theme of
perseverance
mortality
life, consciousness, and existence
youth