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Who is the speaker addressing throughout this poem?
Q02of 10
In the first stanza, the speaker compares his love to 'the love of the sun for a flower / He creates with his shine.' What does this simile primarily reveal about the speaker?
Q03of 10
What does the speaker claim was the central failure he committed toward Miriam?
Q04of 10
The image of a 'painted window' in stanza five is best understood as a symbol of what?
Q05of 10
Which of the following best describes the poem's dominant tone?
Q06of 10
The phrase 'Blossom you stalk by stalk' in stanza two is an example of which poetic technique?
Q07of 10
What does the speaker mean by calling Miriam 'opaque and dull in the flesh' in stanza four?
Q08of 10
The final stanza introduces the image of Miriam's face 'hardening' and 'Warping the perfect image of God.' What is the speaker implying?
Q09of 10
Which structural feature is consistent across most stanzas of the poem?
Q10of 10
The rhetorical questions in stanza six — 'Now who will burn you free / From your body's terrors and dross' — primarily serve to do what?
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