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FOR A BELL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

Which best describes the overall form of this poem?

Q02of 10

What is the primary role of the bell implied by the poem's title and opening line?

Q03of 10

In the line 'Your lives of sand or granite,' what does this contrast most directly represent?

Q04of 10

The word 'irrevocable' in 'the irrevocable hours' primarily conveys which quality of time?

Q05of 10

Which technique does the poet use in 'Futile as air or strong as fate'?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'awful powers' in line three is best understood to mean which of the following?

Q07of 10

What is the speaker's attitude toward time itself, as presented in the poem?

Q08of 10

The poem's argument can best be summarized as which of the following claims?

Q09of 10

Which literary device is most evident in the poem's conceit of the bell speaking in the first person?

Q10of 10

In the phrase 'as fly the irrevocable hours,' the word 'fly' is used to mean which of the following?

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