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Meeting at Night.

by Robert Browning.

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

Q01of 10

How many stanzas does 'Meeting at Night' contain, and what is the predominant rhyme scheme of each stanza?

Q02of 10

What is the speaker doing at the moment described by 'gain the cove with pushing prow'?

Q03of 10

The image 'fiery ringlets from their sleep' primarily describes which of the following?

Q04of 10

What is the principal thematic tension the poem develops across its two stanzas?

Q05of 10

Which poetic technique best describes Browning's use of 'tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch'?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'a voice less loud… than the two hearts beating each to each' is best understood as an example of which device?

Q07of 10

What does the color imagery of 'grey sea,' 'long black land,' and 'yellow half-moon' collectively establish in the first stanza?

Q08of 10

The poem's speaker can best be characterized as which of the following?

Q09of 10

How does the poem's pace and sentence structure shift between the first and second stanzas?

Q10of 10

The 'blue spurt of a lighted match' serves what function in the poem's narrative?

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