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Quiz — Storgy

Dear ones: Underwood says in his biography of Lowell: "In the.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

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The speaker of these stanzas is best identified as

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The phrase 'War's red techstone' functions primarily as

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What does the speaker mean when he says he 'half despise myself for rhymin''?

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The image of the fire 'in shinin' ways' whose 'natur' keeps climbin'' is used to represent

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The tone of the second stanza is best described as

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The closing image of one soldier who, 'deadly hurt, agen / Flashed on afore the charge's thunder' most closely depicts

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The dialect form of this poem — with spellings like 'hain't,' 'ez,' and 'wal' — serves chiefly to

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Which structural feature is shared by both stanzas of the excerpt?

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The allusion embedded in 'rang true metal' on 'War's red techstone' draws on the tradition of

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According to the biographical context provided, the privately printed edition of the poem named relatives who included all of the following EXCEPT

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