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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

A JACOBITE'S FAREWELL.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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

Q01of 10

What is the speaker's situation as established by the poem's date and final stanza?

Q02of 10

What does the phrase 'win out the morn's morrow' most likely mean in context?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's stanza form?

Q04of 10

In the third stanza, what is the speaker's central argument to his beloved?

Q05of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem?

Q06of 10

The imagery of 'rend your hair' in the second stanza is best understood as a reference to which literary or cultural tradition?

Q07of 10

Which poetic technique is most evident in the repeated phrase 'nae mair' throughout the poem?

Q08of 10

The line 'Our king wons ower the sea's water' alludes most directly to which historical figure?

Q09of 10

How does Swinburne use the poem's structure to mirror its emotional argument?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'Fu' mony a man gives all he can' is best described as an example of which technique?

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