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BALLAD OF ANOTHER OPHELIA.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

The poem's title calls this woman 'Another Ophelia.' What does this allusion most directly suggest about the speaker?

Q02of 10

What verse form does Lawrence primarily employ in this poem?

Q03of 10

In the line 'Once his face was laughing like the sky,' Lawrence uses which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

What does the grey rat's theft of the thirteen chicks most clearly symbolize?

Q05of 10

The green apples described as 'full of disappointment and of rain' primarily represent which theme?

Q06of 10

How does Lawrence's tone shift between the opening stanza and the final stanza?

Q07of 10

Who or what does the speaker seem to address in the lines beginning 'Cluck, my marigold bird'?

Q08of 10

In stanza six, the question 'What is peeping from your wings, oh mother hen?' is immediately followed by the claim that 'tis the sun who asks the question.' What effect does this create?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'her shift is lying white upon the floor' most likely refers to which event in the poem's narrative?

Q10of 10

How many chicks does the poem specify were stolen by the grey rat?

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