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A NEW YEAR'S GREETING.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of 'A New Year's Greeting'?

Q02of 10

In the first stanza, what does the phrase 'fortressed in your teens' most nearly suggest about the subject?

Q03of 10

The image of 'Time's alarums' in the first stanza is best understood as an allusion to:

Q04of 10

In the second stanza, what does 'life's winter fleck with snow / Your hair's deep shadowed bowers' describe?

Q05of 10

Which poetic technique is most evident in the lines 'That winsome head an art would know / To make it charm, and wear it so / As 'twere a wreath of flowers'?

Q06of 10

What is the primary theme of the poem as a whole?

Q07of 10

How does the tone of the poem shift from the first stanza to the third?

Q08of 10

In the third stanza, the rose-leaves that 'waver, sweetly dumb' serve primarily as an image of:

Q09of 10

The opening line, 'The century numbers fourscore years,' establishes which contextual detail?

Q10of 10

Who is the speaker most likely addressing in this poem?

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