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IN A BOAT.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

Which word in the poem compares the star reflections in the water to a specific flower?

Q02of 10

What structural feature is consistently repeated across all six stanzas of the poem?

Q03of 10

In the third stanza, the speaker disturbs the star reflections by moving the oars. What does this action most directly represent thematically?

Q04of 10

What is the speaker's tone toward the partner across the poem as a whole?

Q05of 10

In the fourth stanza, the partner's implied response is 'the heavens are not shaken.' What poetic technique does Lawrence use to convey this reply?

Q06of 10

Which image in the fifth stanza intensifies the poem's argument that even stable things are vulnerable?

Q07of 10

The question 'How many shadows in your soul' in the second stanza primarily functions to do which of the following?

Q08of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall form of 'In a Boat'?

Q09of 10

What does the speaker ask the partner in the final stanza?

Q10of 10

The central contrast structuring the poem's argument is best described as which of the following?

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