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A REIVER'S NECK-VERSE.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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

Q01of 10

What verse form does Swinburne use in this poem?

Q02of 10

What does the phrase 'a twine of a tow' most likely refer to?

Q03of 10

In the third stanza, 'faggot and fire for ye' reveals what fate awaits the speaker's beloved?

Q04of 10

The title word 'Neck-verse' is an allusion to a historical practice. What does it most accurately reference?

Q05of 10

What is the predominant tone of the poem?

Q06of 10

The repeated syntactic structure 'Some die _____, and some die _____' is an example of which rhetorical technique?

Q07of 10

The word 'fause' in 'a fause love's fee' is a Scots dialect word meaning what?

Q08of 10

What is the speaker's identity as established by the title and context?

Q09of 10

Which of the following best describes the imagery pattern that runs throughout the poem?

Q10of 10

How does the poem's lively, song-like rhythm relate to its subject matter?

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