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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

LINES WRITTEN DURING THE CASTLEREAGH ADMINISTRATION..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is addressed primarily to which figure?

Q02of 10

What does the speaker identify as the 'abortion' with which 'SHE travaileth' in stanza 2?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the dominant structural pattern of the poem's stanzas?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'death-white shore / Of Albion' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q05of 10

In stanza 4, the word 'Epithalamium' refers to what?

Q06of 10

What is the overall tone of the poem?

Q07of 10

Which textual variant noted in the footnotes most significantly changes the moral register of the final line?

Q08of 10

The imagery of 'corpses,' 'stones,' 'clay,' and 'abortions' in stanzas 1 and 2 collectively conveys which thematic idea?

Q09of 10

When the speaker says 'thy path to the grave' in line 15, what does this imply about the tyrant's ultimate fate?

Q10of 10

In stanza 5, the command 'Marry Ruin, thou Tyrant!' is best understood as which rhetorical device?

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