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Quiz — Storgy

DELICATE CLUSTER..

by Walt Whitman.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary subject being addressed throughout the poem?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'flag of teeming life' followed by 'Flag of death' is best described as which poetic technique?

Q03of 10

The word 'cerulean' in 'Flag cerulean-sunny flag' most likely refers to which color visible on the flag?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'orbs of night dappled' most plausibly refers to which element of the flag?

Q05of 10

How does the speaker's tone shift from the middle of the poem to its final line?

Q06of 10

The poem's overall structure can best be described as:

Q07of 10

In calling the flag 'my matron mighty,' Whitman employs which two techniques simultaneously?

Q08of 10

The exclamations 'Ah my silvery beauty' and 'Ah my woolly white' suggest which dominant tone?

Q09of 10

When the speaker says 'how I heard you flap and rustle, cloth defiant,' the flag is given which quality?

Q10of 10

The final line, 'My sacred one, my mother,' transforms the flag into what kind of allusion?

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