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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

I measure every Grief I meet.

by Emily Dickinson.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is organized primarily around which structural device?

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, the phrase 'analytic eyes' primarily establishes the speaker's tone as:

Q03of 10

What does the speaker say she 'could not tell' about her own grief?

Q04of 10

In stanzas four and five, the speaker imagines grief persisting 'through centuries above.' This image most likely refers to:

Q05of 10

The line 'Death is but one and comes but once' functions to:

Q06of 10

The image 'banishment from native eyes, / In sight of native air' most closely represents which type of suffering?

Q07of 10

The word 'Calvary' in the eighth stanza is an allusion to:

Q08of 10

The speaker describes finding 'a piercing comfort' in observing others' grief. This paradox suggests:

Q09of 10

The phrase 'fashions of the cross' in the final stanza most nearly means:

Q10of 10

Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the grieving people she observes?

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