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Quiz — Storgy

A WORD WITH THE WIND.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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

Q01of 10

What metrical pattern best describes the poem's overall structure?

Q02of 10

What does the speaker most directly ask of the wind throughout the poem?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'iron-tongued north-easter' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

How does Swinburne characterize the contrast between the mild sea and the storm-driven sea?

Q05of 10

Who or what is the speaker of the poem?

Q06of 10

The lines 'bowed as aspens bend or willows, / Yet resurgent still in breathless rage of bliss' use which figure of speech?

Q07of 10

In the stanza beginning 'Yet shall darkness bring the awakening sea a lordlier lover,' what is the primary allegorical relationship presented?

Q08of 10

Which classical or mythological allusion is most clearly embedded in the repeated phrase 'fourfold godhead' applied to the wind?

Q09of 10

The line 'Vex their heart in vain, or sleep like serpents coiled' contributes to the poem's tone chiefly by doing what?

Q10of 10

In the final stanza, the image of comfort 'shed like rain and shaken / Far as foam that laughs and leaps along the sea' is an example of which technique?

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