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MELODY TO A SCENE OF FORMER TIMES..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural form of this poem?

Q02of 10

In lines 5–7, the speaker uses a vertical spatial image—'height of Heaven' versus 'depths of Hell'—primarily to convey what idea?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of the line 'I thank thee, dearest, for the dream'?

Q04of 10

The dash in 'Might wake my —'s slumb'ring tear' (line 11) most likely indicates what?

Q05of 10

Which literary technique is most evident in lines 31–33: 'It moans for pleasures that are past, / It moans for days that are gone by'?

Q06of 10

What do the images of 'a dark and lengthened vale' and 'the black view closes with the tomb' (lines 35–36) collectively foreshadow?

Q07of 10

In the closing lines (45–47), the word 'enanguished' is best understood as a rhetorical choice that does what?

Q08of 10

What is the speaker's attitude toward the lost beloved throughout the poem?

Q09of 10

According to the poem, how long did the speaker share happiness with the beloved?

Q10of 10

The speaker's experience of dreaming about the beloved (lines 38–46) and then waking serves what thematic purpose?

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