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EPITAPH..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary request the speaker makes in this epitaph?

Q02of 10

What poetic form does Shelley use in 'Epitaph'?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'single-hearted' in the final line primarily conveys which idea?

Q04of 10

The word 'glided' (line 2) most likely suggests which of the following about death?

Q05of 10

What is the tone of 'Epitaph'?

Q06of 10

Shelley structures the poem so that the living and the dead are linked by parallelism. Which line best demonstrates this technique?

Q07of 10

The speaker's use of 'let' twice in the poem is an example of which rhetorical device?

Q08of 10

Which theme is most central to 'Epitaph'?

Q09of 10

As a poem designed to be inscribed on a tomb, 'Epitaph' belongs to which literary tradition?

Q10of 10

What does the imagery of bones in the line 'let not their bones be parted' contribute to the poem?

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