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IMPRESSIONS OF HOMER.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

Which literary device organizes the entire poem's comparison of Homeric verse to natural phenomena?

Q02of 10

What does the 'heapt cloud' that 'poises' over the ocean most directly represent in the poem?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'Slow rolls onward the verse with a long swell' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

Who is the 'rapt bard' referred to in the poem's opening line?

Q05of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall tone of the poem?

Q06of 10

What is the structural effect of the poem's extremely long, unrhymed lines?

Q07of 10

In the image of 'harmonies billow exulting and floating the soul,' what role do the harmonies play relative to the main theme?

Q08of 10

The simile of the listener's fantasy swayed 'like drift-weed' suggests what about the reader's experience of Homer?

Q09of 10

Which answer most accurately paraphrases the sequence of events described from line 1 through line 7?

Q10of 10

Lowell's description of the verse as 'full-sailed, forth like a tall ship' is best classified as which figure of speech?

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