Q01of 10
What is the primary subject the speaker 'listens' to in the opening stanza?
Q02of 10
What extended metaphor does Lawrence use to describe the speaker's words leaving him?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'take them in thrall' (stanza one) most nearly means that silence:
Q04of 10
What does the image of 'the night-sky easily sip them / Up in the dark' emphasize?
Q05of 10
In the lark stanza, the speaker says he is 'not loth' that silence should take 'the song and the bird.' What does this reveal about his tone?
Q06of 10
Which technique best describes 'the stealthy shadow of silence / Alongside going' in the train stanza?
Q07of 10
The fifth stanza expands the poem's scope from personal to universal. What do 'sparks of myriad people' represent?
Q08of 10
In the final stanza, the stars are described as 'buoys' floating on silence. What does this structural placement at the poem's close achieve?
Q09of 10
Which statement best describes the structural progression of the poem?
Q10of 10
How does silence function thematically throughout 'Listening'?
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