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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

A RHYME.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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

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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