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HYMN OF APOLLO..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What verse form does Shelley use in each stanza of 'Hymn of Apollo'?

Q02of 10

Who wakes the speaker at the opening of the poem?

Q03of 10

In stanza 2, what happens to Apollo's robe as he begins his journey?

Q04of 10

What does Apollo identify as his 'shafts' in stanza 3, and what does he use them to destroy?

Q05of 10

Which of the following best describes the central theme of 'Hymn of Apollo'?

Q06of 10

In stanza 5, Apollo descends 'into the clouds of the Atlantic even' with 'unwilling steps.' What does this detail primarily convey about the speaker's tone?

Q07of 10

The closing image of stanza 6—'I am the eye with which the Universe / Beholds itself'—is best understood as which poetic technique?

Q08of 10

Stanza 4 claims that 'Whatever lamps on Earth or Heaven may shine / Are portions of one power.' This statement most closely reflects which philosophical idea?

Q09of 10

Which pair of roles or domains does Apollo NOT explicitly claim as his own within the poem?

Q10of 10

In stanza 3, the lines 'Good minds and open actions take new might, / Until diminished by the reign of Night' suggest which relationship between light and virtue?

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