Q01of 10
What immediate action does the speaker command at the poem's opening?
Q02of 10
Which form best describes the structure of 'Futility'?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'clays of a cold star' most directly alludes to which concept?
Q04of 10
How does the tone shift between the first and second stanzas?
Q05of 10
The imagery of 'fields unsown' most powerfully conveys which idea?
Q06of 10
Who is the speaker most plausibly understood to be in 'Futility'?
Q07of 10
Which poetic technique is most prominent in the line 'Full-nerved,—still warm,—too hard to stir?'
Q08of 10
The word 'fatuous' in 'fatuous sunbeams toil' carries which connotation?
Q09of 10
What is the central theme of 'Futility'?
Q10of 10
The sun is described as 'kind old' in the first stanza. What is the effect of this characterisation by the second stanza?
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