Eyes Up - Quiz and Author's Insights
A quiz to get you digging into the Bible The author shares her inspiration behind the poem.
Hi readers! As previously stated in the introductory post to this series, we have now come to the final interaction with this metaphor for this week, which is the quiz and the author’s insights.
The quiz is written in such a way as to possibly provoke you in three different ways: 1) to get you to read the Bible if you don’t know the references, 2) to affirm your Bible knowledge if you do know the references, and/or 3) to get you reading closely. The answers to the quiz are embedded in the author’s insights video posted below the quiz.
Quiz
Which of the following scriptures is most likely alluded to in the poem?
Isaiah 40:31
Matthew 6:26
Job 12:7
Psalm 50:11
Which of the following sets of lines of the poem BEST relates to Psalm 19:1?
up in the clouds / up in the sky
up in the trees, / up at the various avian
the atmosphere’s covering, / the oxygen I breathe
I can’t help it. These things / fill me with perfect peace and
Author’s Insights
About the Author
Sara Oyela writes poetry and other things, too. Currently she teaches English language arts in public high school, and at home she does all kinds of random handiwork. She and her husband live in Metro-Atlanta, Georgia with their four children.
You can connect with Sara via email at author@sarosaoyela.com or on Instagram at @sroyela. Also, sign up for her sonnet and newsletter series, for free, here on Substack at
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