Q01of 10
What is the literal situation established in the poem's opening lines?
Q02of 10
Lawrence describes the room as 'the hollow rind of a fruit.' This image primarily conveys:
Q03of 10
The spider in the room and the 'spiders with white faces' outside function together as:
Q04of 10
In the second stanza, the speaker imagines the outside world as 'a grey cave.' This transforms the expected outdoor world into:
Q05of 10
The line 'I am choking with creeping, grey confinedness' is significant in terms of structure because it:
Q06of 10
What is the dominant tone of the final stanza describing the birds?
Q07of 10
Lawrence writes that the birds rise 'on the sunlight that rains invisible.' The phrase 'rains invisible' is an example of:
Q08of 10
Throughout the poem, the speaker's perspective shifts in what overall pattern?
Q09of 10
The tassel of the blind 'swings gently, tapping the pane' in the opening. Its primary function in the poem is to:
Q10of 10
The birds in the final stanza are described as resembling 'one wafted feather, / Small and ecstatic.' This simile chiefly emphasizes their:
0 / 10 answered