Q01of 10
The poem is divided into three stanzas of equal length. What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza?
Q02of 10
In the first stanza, the phrase 'the house of day is closing its eastern shutters' is best understood as an image of what?
Q03of 10
What literary technique is most clearly demonstrated when Lawrence writes that the pine-trees 'bend to listen' to the wind?
Q04of 10
The word 'cerements' in the second stanza refers to which of the following?
Q05of 10
In the second stanza, street lamps that 'have suddenly started to bleed' exemplifies which technique?
Q06of 10
Which statement best describes the speaker's situation throughout the poem?
Q07of 10
The dominant theme of the poem can best be described as which of the following?
Q08of 10
What tone is most consistently sustained throughout the poem?
Q09of 10
The black poplars shaking with 'hysterical laughter' in the first stanza most likely conveys which of the following?
Q10of 10
In the final stanza, the leaves 'utter a word as they pass / To the face.' What does this detail most strongly suggest about the speaker's relationship with the natural world?
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