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DRUNK.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

The poem's speaker describes himself as being on a 'haunted road.' What is the PRIMARY source of this haunting?

Q02of 10

In the stanza beginning 'And another lilac in purple veiled,' the speaker says 'my strength has failed / In her voice.' What does this confession reveal about his state?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the structural form Lawrence uses in 'Drunk'?

Q04of 10

The rows of dots ( . . . . . . ) appearing twice in the poem function primarily as:

Q05of 10

The image of hawthorn blossoms described as 'flags in blenched blood newly wet' primarily evokes:

Q06of 10

The speaker addresses 'an erect small girl' perched in the horse-chestnut tree but then says 'child, you're too small for me.' This episode illustrates which tension in the poem?

Q07of 10

In the final stanza, the speaker vows: 'I shall / Keep with you the troth I trowed.' The word 'trowed' most nearly means:

Q08of 10

The laburnum is personified as a woman who might 'slip the gold, and glimmering / White, stand naked of gown.' Lawrence is using this image primarily to suggest:

Q09of 10

The tone of the poem's opening two stanzas ('Too far away, oh love, I know… Night blenched with a thousand snows') is best described as:

Q10of 10

Which theme is MOST central to 'Drunk' as a whole?

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