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FIRELIGHT AND NIGHTFALL.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker primarily lament in 'Firelight and Nightfall'?

Q02of 10

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of this poem?

Q03of 10

In the line 'lamps are white like snowdrops in the grass,' what poetic device is primarily used?

Q04of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of the final stanza?

Q05of 10

The word 'queens' appears in both the first and fourth lines of the opening stanza. What effect does this repetition create?

Q06of 10

In the second stanza, 'skies of gold' and 'hyacinth' together chiefly function as imagery of what?

Q07of 10

How does the poem characterise the town at night in the third stanza?

Q08of 10

The phrase 'binding up the sheaves of dead / Hours' uses which two devices in combination?

Q09of 10

Who or what do 'his two black hands' most likely refer to in context?

Q10of 10

What does the closing image — 'nor will / Another torn red sunset come to pass' — most directly convey?

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