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ALL-SAINTS.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

Which feast day serves as the central occasion and subject of this poem?

Q02of 10

The speaker says he is 'though no Churchman' yet still observes All-Saints. What does this detail primarily establish?

Q03of 10

In stanza two, the line 'The den they enter grows a shrine' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

Which phrase from the second stanza most directly conveys that these saints minister to the very poorest and most desperate people?

Q05of 10

What is the dominant structural pattern of 'All-Saints'?

Q06of 10

The final stanza's image of 'souls that shivered on the edge / Of that chill ford repassed no more' refers to which situation?

Q07of 10

How does Lowell characterize the relationship between fame and the saints he celebrates?

Q08of 10

The image 'The grimy sash an oriel burns' uses which figure of speech?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'rainbow-gleam of smiles through tears' in the third stanza primarily conveys which idea about the saints?

Q10of 10

What does 'the pledge / And sweetness of the farther shore' offer to dying souls in the poem's conclusion?

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