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In 'Good-Bye My Fancy (BOOK XXXV),' the opening poem uses an extended metaphor of a departing ship. What does the 'eidolon yacht' most centrally represent?
Q02of 10
In the opening sailing poem, Whitman says the voyage is 'not our concluding voyage / But outset and sure entrance to the truest, best, maturest.' This parenthetical aside reflects which dominant theme of the collection?
Q03of 10
Which structural feature is shared by several poems in this collection, including 'Lingering Last Drops' and 'Good-Bye My Fancy'?
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In 'MY 71st Year,' Whitman compares himself to 'some old broken soldier, after a long, hot, wearying march.' What technique is this?
Q05of 10
In 'The Pallid Wreath,' the speaker says of the faded wreath: 'It is not yet dead to me, nor even pallid.' What is the primary function of the wreath as an image?
Q06of 10
'Old Age's Ship & Crafty Death's' presents two vessels approaching 'from east and west.' The speaker's response to these vessels is best described as what tone?
Q07of 10
In 'Old Chants,' Whitman catalogs ancient literary traditions—Egyptian, Hindu, Greek, Persian, and others—before arriving at America. What argument does this catalog make about American poetry?
Q08of 10
What is the speaker doing in 'A Twilight Song' when the visions of soldiers arise?
Q09of 10
In 'When the Full-Grown Poet Came,' Nature and the Soul of man both claim the poet. The poem resolves this conflict by having the poet stand between them as a 'blender, uniter.' This resolution best illustrates which aspect of Whitman's poetic philosophy?
Q10of 10
In 'Good-Bye My Fancy' (the short lyric, not the opening sailing poem), the speaker says 'I had a word to say, / But 'tis not quite the time.' What does this deferral most likely convey about the speaker's attitude toward his own death?
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