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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

LINES TO A CRITIC..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the speaker's central argument for why he cannot hate the critic?

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, the images of 'honey from silkworms' and 'silk from the yellow bee' function primarily as:

Q03of 10

What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza in this poem?

Q04of 10

In stanza two, the phrase 'men who cant' most likely refers to:

Q05of 10

When the speaker says 'They are not coy like me' in stanza two, the tone is best described as:

Q06of 10

The advice 'seek some slave of power and gold' in stanza three is directed at the critic because:

Q07of 10

Which literary technique is most prominent in the lines 'The grass may grow in winter weather / As soon as hate in me'?

Q08of 10

The phrase 'A passion like the one I prove' in stanza four uses 'prove' to mean:

Q09of 10

Which best describes the overall structure of the poem's argument?

Q10of 10

How does the final rhetorical question 'How should I then hate thee?' function in the poem?

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