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What structural form does this poem take, and what is its source text?
Q02of 10
In Elegy X, the frozen Ister (Danube) serves primarily as what kind of image?
Q03of 10
What does Ovid claim to have personally done to emphasize the extreme cold described in Elegy X?
Q04of 10
The allusion to Leander in Elegy X is introduced primarily to accomplish which purpose?
Q05of 10
Which of the following best describes the central theme shared by both elegies?
Q06of 10
In Elegy XII, the arrival of spring functions primarily as what kind of device?
Q07of 10
What is the speaker's attitude toward any sailor who might arrive on the Pontic shore in Elegy XII?
Q08of 10
The phrase 'naked and barren plains without leaves or trees' exemplifies which poetic technique as used throughout Elegy X?
Q09of 10
In Elegy X, what specific consequence follows when the Ister freezes solid each winter?
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Elegy XII closes with Ovid's prayer that Caesar 'make this not my house and my homestead, / But decree it to be only the inn of my pain.' What does this request most directly reveal about the speaker's state of mind?
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