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DISCIPLINE.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

What is the dominant extended metaphor Lawrence uses throughout 'Discipline' to explore the speaker's inner life and relationships?

Q02of 10

Which formal feature best describes the overall structure of 'Discipline'?

Q03of 10

In the opening stanza, the image of 'raindrops cling like silver bees' is primarily an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

The speaker addresses someone called 'my darling' and 'my love' throughout the poem. Who is this addressee?

Q05of 10

What does the speaker mean when he says he came to the boys 'with my heart 'twixt my hands like a bowl'?

Q06of 10

Which tone best characterises the final two stanzas of the poem?

Q07of 10

The speaker's declaration 'we are not brothers, my darling, we fight and we do not spare' most directly expresses which theme?

Q08of 10

The image of the speaker as a flower lifted 'from out of the night-time' functions primarily to suggest what about the speaker's love?

Q09of 10

The line 'my flowerings of love are a fire, and the scarlet brands' employs which device to link love's beauty with its destructive potential?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what specific action do the boys take that finally breaks the speaker's policy of gentleness?

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