Q01of 10
What is the central argument Swinburne makes about rhyme in relation to the baby?
Q02of 10
In the line 'Love alone, with yearning / Heart for astrolabe,' what does the astrolabe symbolize?
Q03of 10
Which trio of abstract figures does the poem contrast in the final three stanzas?
Q04of 10
How does Swinburne characterize Wisdom's attitude toward the baby's birth-star?
Q05of 10
The poem employs a repeated rhetorical device in stanzas four and five. What is it?
Q06of 10
What is the metrical form of the poem's stanzas?
Q07of 10
The comparison of the baby to 'April's prime' and 'May's / Rosiest smile' serves primarily to do what?
Q08of 10
Who is the 'one seer only' who 'sees the star' in stanza seven?
Q09of 10
The tone of the poem can best be described as which of the following?
Q10of 10
In context, what does the phrase 'sweet star grew sweeter / At your birth' most likely refer to?
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