AP LIT Exam- "Advice to a Prophet"

According to the speaker, how do we use the images of the rose (line 29), the horse (line 30), and the locust (line 31)?

As metaphors to aid in comprehending abstractions

Which of the following best paraphrases the meaning of line 36?

When nature has ceased to exist

the speaker implies that without "the dolphins arc, the doves return" (line24) we would

have less understanding of ourselves and our lives

according to the speaker, the prophet's "word of the weapons" (line 5) will probably not be needed because

people cannot comprehend abstract descriptions of power

in line 13 ("speak of the world's own change"), the speaker is doing which of the following?

prescribing what the prophet should say

Which of the following best describes the poem as a whole?

A philosophical poem about human beings and nature

Which of the following best describes an effect of the repetition of the phrase "ask us" in line 33?

It provides a tone of imploring earnestness.

the phrase "that live tongue" (line 27) is best understood as

a metaphor for nature

the phrase "knuckled grip" (line 20) primarily implies that the jack-pine

has roots that grasp like a hand

in lines 13-16 ("though...alters"), the speaker is asserting that we

have all experienced loss and disappointment

in the phrase "a stone look on the stone's face" (line 12),the speaker is suggesting that

it is human beings who attribute meaning to nature

in lines 1-12, the speaker assumes that the prophet will come proclaiming

the horror of self destruction