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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

MYSTERY.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

What central metaphor does the speaker use to represent offerings of devotion throughout the poem?

Q02of 10

The 'votaresses of Egypt' are introduced primarily to establish which quality in the poem?

Q03of 10

Which best describes the poem's overall tone?

Q04of 10

In the third stanza, the phrase 'the passion slips... the shining hymn' most closely suggests which technique?

Q05of 10

What transformation occurs between the fifth and sixth stanzas of the poem?

Q06of 10

The repeated word 'ecstasy' at the close of stanzas five and six functions structurally to do what?

Q07of 10

The address 'Most High' in the fourth stanza reveals which aspect of the speaker's relationship to the beloved?

Q08of 10

Which word most accurately describes the poem's formal structure?

Q09of 10

What does the speaker literally ask the beloved to do in the fourth stanza?

Q10of 10

The image of 'two wines commingled' at the poem's close most directly reinforces which theme?

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