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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

AFTER THE BURIAL.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

In the opening stanza, the anchor is used primarily to represent which of the following?

Q02of 10

What does the speaker mean when he says the anchor is 'Still true to the broken hawser' after the shipwreck?

Q03of 10

In the fourth stanza, the speaker describes 'No footing so solid as doubt.' This is best understood as which literary technique?

Q04of 10

The 'thin-worn locket' and 'anguish of deathless hair' in stanza six most likely refer to which of the following?

Q05of 10

What is the central irony the speaker expresses in the stanza beginning 'Immortal? I feel it and know it'?

Q06of 10

The 'narrow ridge in the graveyard' that is 'wider / Than the star-sown vague of Space' is an example of which technique?

Q07of 10

When the speaker says 'since the earth clashed on her coffin, / I keep hearing that, and not you,' what is he communicating to his friend?

Q08of 10

The poem's overall tone can best be described as which of the following?

Q09of 10

The 'ploughshare of deeper passion / Tears down to our primitive rock' is best interpreted as which of the following?

Q10of 10

In the poem's final lines, what role does 'that little shoe in the corner' play in the speaker's argument?

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