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Music, When Soft Voices Die.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall theme of 'Music, When Soft Voices Die'?

Q02of 10

What poetic form best describes this poem's structure?

Q03of 10

In the first stanza, music is said to 'vibrate in the memory' after soft voices die. What literary device does this primarily illustrate?

Q04of 10

Which of the following best describes the speaker's tone throughout the poem?

Q05of 10

What does the image of rose leaves heaped 'for the belovèd's bed' most likely symbolize?

Q06of 10

How does Shelley use the image of violet odours in stanza one?

Q07of 10

Who is the implied 'thou' addressed in the poem's final stanza?

Q08of 10

The final two lines state that 'thy thoughts, when thou art gone, / Love itself shall slumber on.' What does 'slumber' suggest about love?

Q09of 10

Which of the following best identifies the structural role of the three natural images (music, violet scent, rose leaves) in the poem?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what happens to the odours of violets after the violets 'sicken'?

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