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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

A BRIDAL SONG..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What primary event does this poem celebrate?

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, Strength and Beauty 'kindle their image like a star / In a sea of glassy weather.' What does this simile primarily convey?

Q03of 10

The speaker addresses Night, Darkness, Fairies, and Angels throughout the poem. What is the main purpose of invoking these supernatural figures?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'Let eyes not see their own delight' most likely mean in context?

Q05of 10

How does Shelley characterize the moon in line 7 ('Never smiled the inconstant moon')?

Q06of 10

The line 'Haste, swift Hour, and thy flight / Oft renew' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q07of 10

What is the overall tone of the second stanza?

Q08of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's formal structure?

Q09of 10

The instruction to Dawn in lines 14–15 ('return to wake the sleeper, / Dawn,—ere it be long!') reflects which theme?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'Darkness, weep thy holiest dew' asks Darkness to shed dew in a manner compared to weeping. What literary device is primarily at work here?

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