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DISCORD IN CHILDHOOD.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

What is the dominant structural device Lawrence uses to organize the poem's meaning?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'silence of blood' at the poem's close most likely suggests which of the following?

Q03of 10

Which poetic technique is most evident in describing the tree's branches as 'terrible whips'?

Q04of 10

The poem's speaker or perspective is best characterized as which of the following?

Q05of 10

Lawrence compares the ash tree's sound to 'a ship's / Weird rigging in a storm.' What effect does this simile chiefly create?

Q06of 10

How does Lawrence differentiate the two arguing voices through imagery?

Q07of 10

The word 'delirious' in describing one voice primarily contributes which tone?

Q08of 10

What is the central theme of 'Discord in Childhood'?

Q09of 10

Lawrence's choice of an ash tree is thematically apt partly because ash trees are associated in mythology with which idea?

Q10of 10

Which best describes the poem's overall form?

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