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A Prayer for my Daughter.

by W. B. Yeats.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall verse form of 'A Prayer for my Daughter'?

Q02of 10

Which mythological figure does Yeats use to illustrate how excessive beauty leads to trouble with 'a fool'?

Q03of 10

What does the speaker fear most for his daughter's character, calling it 'the worst'?

Q04of 10

The image of 'a flourishing hidden tree' and 'some green laurel / Rooted in one dear perpetual place' primarily conveys the speaker's wish for his daughter to have:

Q05of 10

Which real-world woman in Yeats's life is most widely believed to be the target of the lines about a woman who traded 'the horn of plenty' for 'angry wind'?

Q06of 10

In the poem's opening stanzas, the Atlantic storm primarily functions as:

Q07of 10

The phrase 'murderous innocence of the sea' is best described as which poetic device?

Q08of 10

What virtue does the speaker place above beauty as the quality he most wishes his daughter to possess?

Q09of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's final stanza?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what condition allows the soul to recover 'radical innocence' and become truly self-sufficient?

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