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LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is written in which verse form?

Q02of 10

In the opening lines, Shelley compares himself to both a spider and a silk-worm. What is the primary purpose of this extended comparison?

Q03of 10

Shelley describes the workshop as hung with 'dread engines.' The reference to Vulcan forging instruments 'for Jove to clutch / Ixion or the Titan' is best understood as

Q04of 10

Which comprehension detail correctly describes what Shelley has placed inside the bowl of quicksilver?

Q05of 10

The passage describing London as 'that great sea, whose ebb and flow / At once is deaf and loud' makes use of which primary literary technique?

Q06of 10

Shelley describes Coleridge as 'a cloud-encircled meteor of the air, / A hooded eagle among blinking owls.' The dominant tone of this portrait is

Q07of 10

In contrasting the Italian night scene with the London night scene, Shelley uses the technique of juxtaposition primarily to achieve which effect?

Q08of 10

The closing line, 'To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new,' is a direct allusion to

Q09of 10

The speaker's self-description as 'some weird Archimage' sitting and 'plotting dark spells' is best understood as

Q10of 10

When Shelley personifies Memory and Hope as two sisters in the passage beginning 'You are not here!', what is his central argument about the limits of memory?

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